Transnational medical travel: patient mobility, shifting health system entitlements and attachments
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1369-183X,1469-9451
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2019.1597465