Migration and health : towards an understanding of the health care needs of ethnic minorities, proceedings of a Consultative Group on Ethnic Minorities, The Hague, Netherlands, 28-30 November 1983 / edited by M. Colledge, H. A. van Geuns and P.-G. Svensson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Copenhagen : WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1986. Description: 203 pISBN: 9289010452ISSN: 03939529 (ita)Subject(s): Emigration and immigration | Ethnic groups | Minority groups | Health services needs and demand | Europe | Organization of Health Care and Social DevelopmentNLM classification: WA 300Abstract: Records the proceedings of a meeting convened to explore some of the difficult problems surrounding efforts to provide health care to migrant workers and ethnic minorities in European countries. Emphasis is placed on factors that can help explain why medical services in the host country fail to meet the health needs of migrant workers and their families. Papers use sociological and anthropological approaches to show how the traditional attitudes and expectations of migrants can lead to a misuse of high-technology medical care. Other papers summarize findings from research into the health needs of migrants living in the Netherlands. The book concludes with discussion of support services recently introduced in several European countries.Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Records the proceedings of a meeting convened to explore some of the difficult problems surrounding efforts to provide health care to migrant workers and ethnic minorities in European countries. Emphasis is placed on factors that can help explain why medical services in the host country fail to meet the health needs of migrant workers and their families. Papers use sociological and anthropological approaches to show how the traditional attitudes and expectations of migrants can lead to a misuse of high-technology medical care. Other papers summarize findings from research into the health needs of migrants living in the Netherlands. The book concludes with discussion of support services recently introduced in several European countries.
ita published in "Quaderni di sanità pubblica" Anno 13, aprile 1990
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