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Migrant and Refugee Access to Health Systems
Challenging (Im)mobilities in Healthcare
9781035324972 Edward Elgar Publishing
In light of the ongoing struggle faced by migrants and refugees trying to access healthcare, this thought-provoking book tackles key issues at the intersection of mobility and health. It critically engages with the bureaucratic, economic and cultural barriers faced by these groups, arguing that a sedentary bias persists in national health systems.
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In light of the ongoing struggle faced by migrants and refugees trying to access healthcare, this thought-provoking book tackles key issues at the intersection of mobility and health. It critically engages with the bureaucratic, economic and cultural barriers faced by these groups, arguing that a sedentary bias persists in national health systems.
Chapters examine the challenges of providing healthcare to people on the move, tackling issues ranging from registration and border control, to abortion access and mobility justice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expert authors combine theoretical approaches with in-depth case studies from continents including Asia, Europe and South America, critically analysing modern healthcare systems within the context of heightened human mobility and climate change. In addition to highlighting major difficulties, the book explores spaces of resistance and opportunities for change.
This interdisciplinary book is a vital tool for students and scholars in medical and political anthropology, health and migration, sociology, and geography. The inclusion of practical experience and contributions from healthcare professionals also makes this an important read for medical students and educators interested in health access and provision.
Chapters examine the challenges of providing healthcare to people on the move, tackling issues ranging from registration and border control, to abortion access and mobility justice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expert authors combine theoretical approaches with in-depth case studies from continents including Asia, Europe and South America, critically analysing modern healthcare systems within the context of heightened human mobility and climate change. In addition to highlighting major difficulties, the book explores spaces of resistance and opportunities for change.
This interdisciplinary book is a vital tool for students and scholars in medical and political anthropology, health and migration, sociology, and geography. The inclusion of practical experience and contributions from healthcare professionals also makes this an important read for medical students and educators interested in health access and provision.
Critical Acclaim
‘Bringing together contributions from international healthcare practice and academia within a mobility justice framework, this collection offers a powerful contribution to our understanding of the intersections of people on the move, border regimes and healthcare systems. The authors skilfully and sensitively elucidate not only the harms generated by sedentarist approaches to healthcare but also how these are being opposed, offering timely alternatives for mobile health futures.’
– Kathryn Cassidy, Northumbria University, UK
‘With overriding themes of justice, power, and the social construction of the other, this excellent book covers a diverse range of examples, all focussed on the ideas of movement, migration, bordering, bodies, and healthcare. This is a valuable set of perspectives which will broaden and deepen the understanding for those in many disciplines of the meaning of care, both for migrant populations and for other marginalised or mobile people within our own countries. Perhaps the most impactful are the stories and words of the migrants themselves, which will live long in the memory of the reader.’
– Anthony Staines, Dublin City University, Ireland
‘Bringing together the literature on borders, healthcare, and mobility justice, this book reveals how people on the move must navigate the “sedentary bias” of modern health systems. Eye-opening case studies depict the real stakes of emerging social, political and technological systems that block healthcare for many people under hostile border regimes. The book urges us all to question how health systems and border regimes deny care to migrants and refugees who are stigmatized as “undeserving” – despite national legal rights to healthcare and global human rights to health for all people.’
– Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
– Kathryn Cassidy, Northumbria University, UK
‘With overriding themes of justice, power, and the social construction of the other, this excellent book covers a diverse range of examples, all focussed on the ideas of movement, migration, bordering, bodies, and healthcare. This is a valuable set of perspectives which will broaden and deepen the understanding for those in many disciplines of the meaning of care, both for migrant populations and for other marginalised or mobile people within our own countries. Perhaps the most impactful are the stories and words of the migrants themselves, which will live long in the memory of the reader.’
– Anthony Staines, Dublin City University, Ireland
‘Bringing together the literature on borders, healthcare, and mobility justice, this book reveals how people on the move must navigate the “sedentary bias” of modern health systems. Eye-opening case studies depict the real stakes of emerging social, political and technological systems that block healthcare for many people under hostile border regimes. The book urges us all to question how health systems and border regimes deny care to migrants and refugees who are stigmatized as “undeserving” – despite national legal rights to healthcare and global human rights to health for all people.’
– Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
