Soins
Volume 55, Issue 747, 2010, Pages 26-30

Hospitalisation, new unknown territory for migrants [L'hospitalisation, une nouvelle terre inconnue pour le migrant] (Article)

Héron M.* , Koné T.
  • a Institut de Soins Infirmiers, France
  • b Hôpital de Bordeaux (33), France

Abstract

Hospitalisation upsets the patient's life course, with individual psychosocial consequences the intensity of which varies according to the background of each patient. Some factors, such as the migration experience, impact the adjustment of foreign patients to hospitalisation.

Author Keywords

Hospitalisation Migration Post traumatic stress Traumatism Suffering

Index Keywords

Emigrants and Immigrants human hospitalization psychological aspect Article Wounds and Injuries symbolism Humans injury migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77956158982&partnerID=40&md5=03899a522a9f382b6630c1f11191cc2b
ISSN: 00380814
Original Language: French