Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Healthcare for Migrants: Perspectives from the UK and Germany

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Numerous important issues arise in relation to the health of, and healthcare for (and by), migrants. Much commentary on the migrant crisis and healthcare has focused on the allocation of resources, with less discussion of the needs of, and provision for, migrants. Presenting a comparative perspective on the UK and Germany, this volume increases knowledge of a broad spectrum of challenges in healthcare provision for migrants. ‘Migration’ is deliberately understood in its broadest sense and includes not only migrant patients but also migrant healthcare professionals. The book’s content is diverse, with insights from healthcare ethics, healthcare law, along with clinical perspectives as well as perspectives from the social sciences. The collection provides normative reflections on current issues, and presents data from empirical studies. By informing researchers, politicians and healthcare practitioners about approaches to challenges arising in healthcare provision for migrants, the collection seeks to inform the development of adequate and ethically appropriate strategies. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of tables and box Notes on contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction – ethical, legal and social aspects of health care for migrants: perspectives from the UK and Germany PART I: Migrants’ health in Germany and the UK 1 Health of migrants and ethnic minorities in Germany: reflecting on normative agendas 2 The health of migrants in the UK: evidence and implications for health care 3 Bearing witness: observations of the health of people without access to the regular health care system in Médecins du Monde’s health care and advocacy programmes in London and Munich 4 Dynamics of informal exclusion: migrants’ health as experienced in the City Lab Bochum PART II: Migrants’ access to health care 5 Migrants’ right to health in international and European human rights law: can it still unfold its integrative dynamic in an era of restrictive immigration policies? 6 Entitlements to social health benefits for asylum seekers and refugees in Germany 7 Access and entitlements for migrants and visitors to the UK in the English National Health Service 8 The right to health for all? Debates surrounding access to health care for asylum seekers in Germany PART III: (Re)constructing migrants in health research 9 Questioning categorisation practices: ‘migrants’ and ‘ethnic groups’ in public health classification(s) 10 Culturally sensitive palliative care research: what should we do with ‘those people’, or what should we do with ourselves? 11 Using superdiversity as a lens to view migrant health: reflections on ethical and practical implications of an exploratory study involving community researchers PART IV: Navigating pluralism in health care 12 Challenges in the provision of mental health care for refugees in Germany: a socially and culturally sensitive approach to psychological counselling and psychotherapy 13 Female genital alteration in the UK: a failure of pluralism and intersectionality 14 Integration, identity and elite migrants: capturing the perspectives of overseas-trained South Asian doctors in the UK 15 How to support migrant physicians in navigating through an unfamiliar health care system: findings from a qualitative interview study 16 Migrants, pluralism and end-of-life decision-making for children with life-limiting illness: perspectives on the case of Josip Commentary 1: The ethical implications of interculturality in paediatric palliative medicine Commentary 2: Migration, bioethics, pluralism Commentary 3: Universalism versus particularism in clinical ethics: a coherentist perspective Index