Negotiating health and life: Syrian refugees and the politics of access in Lebanon

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 324-331

  Parkinson, Sarah E ^a   Behrouzan, Orkideh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Healthcare; Humanitarianism; Lebanon; Refugees; Syria; Therapeutic geographies; Violence

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANITARIAN AID; REFUGEE; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INSURANCE; KNOWLEDGE; LEBANON; LIFE EVENT; PALESTINIAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYRIAN; VIOLENCE; ALTRUISM; ARAB; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WAR; WAR EXPOSURE;

LEBANON; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ALTRUISM; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARABS; ARMED CONFLICTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; LEBANON; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; REFUGEES; SYRIA; WAR EXPOSURE;

EID: 84946550938     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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