The immigration bill: Extending charging regimes and scapegoating the vulnerable will pose risks to public health

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 132-133

  Steele, Sarah ^a   Stuckler, David ^b   Mckee, Martin ^c   Pollock, Allyson M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LAW; MEDICAL TOURISM; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEES AND CHARGES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCAPEGOATING; STATE MEDICINE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84900535452     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076814526132     Document Type: Editorial

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