Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10471862 | Social Science & Medicine | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Examines the understudied phenomenon of “medical returns” among immigrants. ⺠Provides an emic account of the reasons Latino immigrants seek health care in a Mexican border clinic. ⺠Compares the organization of health care systems in the US and on the Mexican border. ⺠Contrasts immigrants' medical returns to the phenomenon of medical tourism
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Authors
Sarah Horton, Stephanie Cole,