How medicine may save the life of US immigration policy: From clinical and educational encounters to ethical public policy

AMA Journal of Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 221-233

  Kuczewski, Mark G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85028595099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23766980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.3.peer1-1703     Document Type: Review

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