A study of HIV positive undocumented African migrants' access to health services in the UK

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 703-705

  Whyte, James ^a   Whyte, Maria D ^a   Hires, Kimberly ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African migrants; health seeking behaviors; HIV disease; undocumented migrants

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; MEDICAL CARE; MIGRANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM; BLACK PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84937251008     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.993581     Document Type: Article

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