Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde
Volume 165, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 12-17

Experiences in Munich with the primary care of refugee children [Erfahrungen in München mit der Erstversorgung von Flüchtlingskindern] (Article)

Weissenbacher C.* , Schmidt H. , Sydlik C. , Nicolai T.
  • a Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Lindwurmstr 4, München, 80337, Germany
  • b Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Lindwurmstr 4, München, 80337, Germany
  • c Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Lindwurmstr 4, München, 80337, Germany
  • d Dr. von Haunersches Kinderspital, Lindwurmstr 4, München, 80337, Germany

Abstract

Since the numbers of refugees and persons seeking asylum started to continously increase during the last 1‑1.5 years, many members of the German healthcare system were confronted with new challenges with respect to the needs of these people for medical care. A special situation regarding medical care as well as its organization occurred when thousands of refugees arrived in Munich within a short period of time in September 2015. Dealing with these often traumatized and frightened people was a particular challenge for physicians and nursing personnel. In this article the background, experiences and difficulties for the medical personnel during the initial care of these people arriving in Munich at that time, especially the children are described. In addition, the problems which affected pediatricians’ further medical care of the underaged refugees are presented. © 2016, Springer Medizin Verlag Berlin.

Author Keywords

Patient care Screening health services needs and demand Delivery of health care Volunteers Refugees

Index Keywords

medical personnel patient care volunteer primary medical care refugee screening human human experiment Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85008214237&doi=10.1007%2fs00112-016-0212-x&partnerID=40&md5=c5ed30c9578d968b99623ac5da043955
DOI: 10.1007/s00112-016-0212-x
ISSN: 00269298
Cited by: 2
Original Language: German