Communicable Disease and Immigration Fears
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15747931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonal S Munsiff (0000-0002-7493-9163, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 799-805 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.ccas3-0712 |
| PMID | 23228640 |
| OpenAlex | W190219220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Joseph had been feeling sick for a few weeks, with a severe cough and poor appetite. He even started losing weight. Despite his condition, Joseph did not seek medical care because if he called in sick at the construction company where he worked (either to visit the doctor or to stay home after being diagnosed) his paycheck would be docked. Joseph had a family of five to support: himself, his wife, and three small boys. A few years earlier with the help of some distant relatives, the family had managed to cross the border from Mexico-where Joseph had worked as a farmer and earned a few dollars a day-to California
Balance (ability · Bioethics · Communicable disease · Disease · Environmental health · Health care · Immigration · Non-communicable disease · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |