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Asylum
Commentary
Torture, healthcare and Australian immigration detention
- Correspondence to Ryan Essex, The Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ryan.essex{at}sydney.edu.au
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Torture, healthcare and Australian immigration detention
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- Received January 13, 2016
- Accepted January 26, 2016
- First published February 22, 2016.
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June 27, 2016
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