Viewpoint Making a Case for Sanctuary Hospitals Altaf Saadi, MD; Sameer Ahmed, JD; Mitchell H. Katz, MD JAMA Comment & Response Medical Care for Undocumented Immigrants—Reply Altaf Saadi, MD; Sameer Ahmed, JD; Mitchell H. Katz, MD JAMA Full...
Queen Henry-OkaforDepartment of Family and Community MedicineMegha K. ShahDepartment of Family and Community MedicinePhysician Assistant ClinicsBeck TL, Le T-K, Henry-Okafor Q, et al. Medical care for undocumented immigrants. Prim Care 2017;44:e1-e13....
Between 2015 and 2017, an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 children were seeking asylum each year in EU/EEA countries. As access to high-quality health care is important, we collected and compared current recommendations across Europe for a consensus recommendation on medical care for migrant (asylum...
The fear of deportation or legal repercussions further discourages many undocumented individuals from seeking care, even when it's urgently needed. Language barriers can make immigrant patients hesitant to seek health care, as they may struggle with communicating with providers, obtai...
Undocumented children who have access to health insurance are healthier and more engaged in school than those without insurance, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
To prepare for medical school interviews, it’s important to familiarize yourself with some of the common ethical issues that arise in health care. Topics like physician-assisted death, health care for undocumented immigrants, confidentiality in the age of digital records and r...
For some low-income, undocumented children, seeing a doctor or nurse when they are sick may not be an option. Going through childhood without health coverage and fear of interacting with thehealth care systemmeans less access to vaccines, asthma treatment, dental, and vision care. ...
The impact of migrant workers on the healthcare delivery system is poorly studied, but like other disenfranchised groups, such as the homeless, the poor and illegal aliens, are at increased risk for tuberculosis, violence, alcoholism and substance abuse. Approximately half of migrant labourers (US...
“There are more return patients than you’d think,” he explained. Bjørn understood what few others in the U.S. yet knew: that many, many uninsured Americans used emergency rooms for routine medical services. That included the poor and the undocumented—for all of whom, Bjørn (with ...
have found it more difficult to be reunited with their children, fearful of the dangerous and expensive crossing for their undocumented children, and the inability of the women to return home to visit. Thus, while many women had originally imagined their separations would be only temporary, the ...