Prioritizing Posttrafficking Care for Trafficked Individuals
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Tea, biscuits, and health care prioritizing.
I t i s m id -afternoon in december in a community meeting room in Wolverhampton, a small city in England’s Midlands. It is damp and the wind is up, and it is nice to learn that afternoon tea will be served prior to conducting business. Daphne Austin, a public health physician from a local service agency, sets about serving tea and biscuits to nine people who have been recruited to discuss thei...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.304181