Undocumented migrants and healthcare [electronic resource] : eight stories from Switzerland / Marianne Jossen.
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TextSeries: Open reports series ; v. 6.Publisher: Open Book Publishers, Description: 1 online resource (116 pages) : 2 colour illustrationsISBN: 9781783744800; 9781783744817; 9781783744824ISSN: 2399-6676 (Online)Subject(s): Emigration and immigration -- Health aspects | Equality -- Health aspects -- Switzerland -- Case studies | Health services accessibility -- Switzerland -- Case studies | Immigrants -- Government policy -- Switzerland | Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- Government policy -- Switzerland | Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- Switzerland -- Case studiesOnline resources: Connect to e-book | Connect to cover image | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106) and index.
1. Just going to hospital -- 2. Undocumented migrants, healthcare and health -- 3. Telling stories about healthcare for undocumented migrants -- 4. Settling in -- 5. The NGO and its network -- 6. Insurance -- 7. Healthcare for undocumented migrants -- 8. Literature.
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"What do undocumented migrants experience when they try to access healthcare? How do they navigate the (often contradictory) challenges presented by bureaucratic systems, financial pressures, attitudes to migrants, and their own healthcare needs? This urgent study uses a grounded theory approach to explore the ways in which undocumented migrants are included in or excluded from healthcare in a Swiss region. Marianne Jossen explores the ways migrants try to obtain healthcare on their own, with the help of NGOs or via insurance, and how they cope if they fail, whether by using risky strategies to access healthcare or leaving serious health issues untreated. Jossen shows that even for those who succeed, inclusion remains partial and fraught with risks. Based on interviews with migrants, health practitioners and NGO staff and using a rigorous academic approach, Undocumented Migrants and Healthcare is an important contribution to a vital contemporary issue. It is necessary reading for researchers in Public Health and Migration Studies, as well as government and non-governmental organisations in Switzerland and beyond. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with healthcare and migration in the twenty-first century."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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