Journal of Medical Ethics
Volume 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 269-272

Human rights and the national interest: Migrants, healthcare and social justice (Article) (Open Access)

Cole P.*
  • a Middlesex University, Bramley Road, London N14 4YZ, United Kingdom

Abstract

The UK government has recently taken steps to exclude certain groups of migrants from free treatment under the National Health Service, most controversially from treatment for HIV. Whether this discrimination can have any coherent ethical basis is questioned in this paper. The exclusion of migrants of any status from any welfare system cannot be ethically justified because the distinction between citizens and migrants cannot be an ethical one.

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social justice HIV Infections Human immunodeficiency virus infection human ethics resource allocation Great Britain human rights Humans Article migration legal aspect United Kingdom Transients and Migrants Delivery of Health Care Health Services Accessibility public health health care delivery National Health Programs
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DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.014829
ISSN: 03066800
Cited by: 25
Original Language: English