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dc.contributor.authorJossen, Marianne
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11 13:15:26
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T12:29:05Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T12:29:05Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier1000466
dc.identifierOCN: 1076783574en_US
dc.identifier.issn2399-6668/2399-6676
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29470
dc.description.abstract"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."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOpen Reports Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social servicesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursingen_US
dc.subject.otherundocumented migrants
dc.subject.otherhealthcare
dc.subject.otherSwitzerland
dc.subject.otherinclusion
dc.subject.othernon-governmental organisations
dc.subject.otherPublic Health
dc.subject.otherMigration Studies
dc.subject.otherIllegal immigration
dc.subject.otherInsurance
dc.subject.otherSwiss franc
dc.titleUndocumented Migrants and Healthcare
dc.title.alternativeEight Stories from Switzerland
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0139
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b
oapen.relation.isbn9781783744787
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages116
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Health care - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care; Illegal immigration - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration; Insurance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance; Non-governmental organization - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization; Swiss franc - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_franc; Switzerland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
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