Using an interprofessional team to provide refugee healthcare in an academic medical centre.

Catherine E ElmoreJeffrey M TingenKelly FredgrenSarah N DalrympleRebekah M ComptonElizabeth L CarpenterClaudia W AllenFern R Hauck

Published in: Family medicine and community health (2019)

Individuals who arrive in the USA as refugees are a particularly vulnerable patient group and often require an interprofessional team approach. The IFMC may serve as a model for other institutions interested in starting a similar interprofessional, refugee-centred medical home.

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