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Undocumented Migrants and Healthcare: Eight Stories from Switzerland

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...

Keywords:: immigration, disease, emigration, refugees, medicine, social science, social welfare, health issues, social services, central europe, charity, philanthropy, voluntary services

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Health Sciences / Healthcare Administration

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 10, 2018
Date Modified in MERLOT:: April 8, 2021
Author:: Marianne Jossen, Swiss Federal Office of Health
Submitter:: Open Book Publishers
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International