Medical Xenophobia and Zimbabwean Migrant Access to Public Health Services in South Africa

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 655-670

  Crush, Jonathan ^a   Tawodzera, Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Public Health; South Africa; Xenophobia; Zimbabwe Migrants

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CIVIL SOCIETY; ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84891741933     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.830504     Document Type: Article

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