Undocumented injustice? Medical repatriation and the ends of health care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 669-673

  Young, Michael J ^a   Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL REPATRIATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893816199     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhle1311198     Document Type: Article

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