Public Health Forum
Volume 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-120

Migration and health: Germany, Canada and Italy compared [Migration und Gesundheit: Deutschland, Kanada und Italien im Vergleich] (Article)

Falge C.* , Schmidtke O.
  • a Department of Community Health, Hochschule für Gesundheit, University of Applied Sciences, Universitätsstraße 105, Bochum, 44789, Germany
  • b University of Victoria, Centre for Global Studies, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada

Abstract

Most health care systems are characterized by a universalist discourse that aims at equal health care for all. Based on a comparative study about migrants integration in the health care systems of Germany, Canada and Italy, this article explores the question about how the three countries provide adequate health care for migrants in the face of the challenges of cultural diversity. ©2015 by De Gruyter.

Author Keywords

Diversity access barriers multiculturalism intercultural aperture universalist health discourse

Index Keywords

cultural anthropology Canada Germany Italy health care system health care Article human migrant migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84931076302&doi=10.1515%2fpubhef-2015-0043&partnerID=40&md5=1c9dffd6ebe6dca1e48186fea96038e5
DOI: 10.1515/pubhef-2015-0043
ISSN: 09445587
Original Language: German