Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique
Volume 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-204

Migration, ethic and public health in Quebec [Migration, éthique et santé publique au Québec] (Article)

Gravel S.* , Brodeur J.-M. , Champagne F. , Vissandjée B.
  • a Programme de Santé Publique, Université de Montréal, Direction de Santé Publique de Montréal, 1301 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Que. H2L 1M3, Canada
  • b Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Université de Montréal, Canada
  • c Administration de la Santé, Université de Montréal, Canada
  • d Faculté des Sciences Infirmières, Université de Montréal, Canada

Abstract

This article analyses the ethical issues of migration in relation to public health in Quebec. There are two objectives: to describe the progression of analysis of the migration phenomenon in public health over the last thirty years and to state the ethical debate it raises. The progression of analysis of the migration phenomenon has been characterised by various approaches: intercultural, acculturation, transcultural, and migratory journey. Although these approaches have contributed to the development of knowledge about the reality of immigration, they have also, in spite of themselves, generated stigmatisation, discrimination and the proliferation of prejudices. Generally, findings that have emerged when migration is taken into account indicate an imbalance of power. For some, to focus on the phenomenon of migration promotes the power imbalance while for others, to disregard it masks the issue. © Masson, 2005.

Author Keywords

Migration Ethics Intercultural Public health Transcultural Migratory journey Acculturation

Index Keywords

medical ethics Review cultural factor public health immigration ethics migration
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DOI: 10.1016/S0398-7620(05)84588-2
ISSN: 03987620
Original Language: French