TY - BOOK AU - Colledge,M. AU - Geuns,H.A.van AU - Svensson,Per-Gunnar ED - Consultative Group on Ethnic Minorities ED - World Health Organization. TI - 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 SN - 9289010452 SN - 03939529 PY - 1986/// CY - Copenhagen PB - WHO Regional Office for Europe KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Ethnic groups KW - Minority groups KW - Health services needs and demand KW - Europe N1 - ita published in "Quaderni di sanità pubblica" Anno 13, aprile 1990; DC.EURO N2 - 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 ER -