Thailand's health screening policy and practices: The case of Burmese migrants with tuberculosis

Burmese migrant workers who work legally in Thailand have to follow a migrant registration system, which includes a health screening procedure. This paper investigates the health screening procedure of Burmese migrants in Thailand. Since ethnography is very useful for social research, the investigat...

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Main Authors: Supa Vittaporn, Pimpawun Boonmongkon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452315116300315