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Migration, Illness and Healthcare
Jenny Altschuler
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Description for Migration, Illness and Healthcare
Paperback. As migration increases, it is essential for healthcare professionals to consider the differing needs of migrants in order to competently provide them with quality care. This book explores the limited existing information around migrants' healthcare experiences, and offers practical guidance, together with clinical examples, to aid better practice. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; MBN; MBP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Forces such as political conflict, globalisation and the growth of the internet, offering news of life elsewhere, mean levels of migration are higher now than at any other time in history. Despite the signing of a number of legally binding international treaties that seek to guarantee health care for migrants, there is still a considerable gap between government commitments and the reality of everyday life. As levels of migration continue to increase, it is essential for health care professionals to consider the differing needs of migrants in order to provide them with quality care. Informed by systemic theory, and drawing on the author's extensive clinical - as well as personal - experience, this timely book explores the limited existing information about migrants' health care experiences. Providing a comprehensive insight into a worldwide issue, this is an essential guide for health care students, professionals and policy makers.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137378507
SKU
V9781137378507
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Jenny Altschuler
Jenny Altschuler is a registered Clinical Psychologist and Family Psychotherapist with over thirty years of experience of offering family, couple and individual psychotherapy, supervision, consultation and teaching as part of the NHS as well as privately.
Reviews for Migration, Illness and Healthcare
'At a time when migration is one of the key issues facing the world, this book offers a sober, clear and scholarly account of the impact it has on health. Drawing on her extensive experience and on a deep knowledge of the research literature, Jenny Altschuler provides an essential guide for health professionals and others working with migrants.' - Stephen Frosh, Professor and Pro-Vice-Master, Birkbeck University of London, UK 'This is an accessible, engaging and thought provoking book which covers a wide range of themes. In using patients' narratives as well as personal experience, Jenny Altschuler provides not only new ideas, challenges and recommendations for practice but an excellent and interesting read.' - Dr Carmel Sher, GPNHS City and Hackney CCG, UK