TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jossen,Marianne
ED  - Open Book Publishers,
TI  - Undocumented migrants and healthcare: eight stories from Switzerland 
T2  - Open reports series
SN  - 9781783744800
SN  - 2399-6676
PB  - Open Book Publishers
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Equality
KW  - Switzerland
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Health services accessibility
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Health and hygiene
N1  - Available through Open Book Publishers; 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; Open access resource providing free access
N2  - "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
UR  - http://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0139
UR  - http://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/cover/748 
ER  -