Ugeskrift for Laeger
Volume 168, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 3011-3013

Access to health care for undocumented immigrants: Rights and practice [Adgang til sundhedsydelser for udokumenterede indvandrere: Rettigheder og praksis] (Short Survey)

Hansen A.R.* , Krasnik A. , Høg E.
  • a Københavns Universitet, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Afdeling for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, Denmark, Frederiksborggade 52, 4, DK-1360 København K, Denmark
  • b Københavns Universitet, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Afdeling for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, Denmark
  • c Københavns Universitet, Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab, Afdeling for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, Denmark

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to illuminate undocumented immigrants' right to access to health care and their access in practice. Undocumented immigrants have a right to equal access to health care. Access to more than emergency health care in Denmark is dependent on immigration status. Medical doctors' duty to treat does not apply to non-emergency health needs, and the options existing in this situation remain ambiguous. In practice, undocumented immigrants in Denmark are able to receive more than emergency health care through unofficial networks of health care providers.

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Index Keywords

Denmark Short Survey Physician's Practice Patterns human immigrant Emigration and Immigration Humans Transients and Migrants medical practice health care personnel human rights Health Services Accessibility emergency care Refugees physician health care access
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ISSN: 00415782
Cited by: 4
Original Language: Danish