Immigration, barriers to healthcare and transnational ties: A case study of South Korean immigrants in Toronto, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 340-348

  Wang, Lu ^a   Kwak, Min Jung ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare access; Immigrant health; Korean immigrants; Toronto, Canada; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; SOUTH KOREA; TRENDS;

CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84939999670     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.11.039     Document Type: Article

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