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Undocumented Migrants and Healthcare: Eight Stories from Switzerland

Undocumented Migrants and Healthcare: Eight Stories from Switzerland

Paperback

Series: Open Reports, Book 6

Public HealthImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 1783744782
ISBN13: 9781783744787
Publisher: Open Book Publ S
Published: May 30 2018
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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.

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