Health Assessment and the Right to Health in Sweden: Asylum Seekers' Perspectives.

BACKGROUND:Swedish law entitles asylum seekers to a voluntary health assessment and to "health care that cannot be postponed". The last expression suggests, however, restrictions on the entitlement, and what it may or may not include remains ultimately a decision for health professionals i...

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Main Authors: Lubin Lobo Pacheco, Robert Jonzon, Anna-Karin Hurtig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5010180?pdf=render