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The health of newcomers : immigration, health policy, and the case for global solidarity
- Author
- Illingworth, Patricia M. L., 1954- author.
- Title
- The health of newcomers : immigration, health policy, and the case for global solidarity / Patricia Illingworth and Wendy E. Parmet.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : New York University Press, [2017]
- Description
- ix, 295 pages ; 24 cm
- Other contributors
- Parmet, Wendy E., author.
- Notes
- Also available as an ebook. Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction : natives and newcomers, partners in health
- Health and migration : a combustible mix
- Keep out! : immigration control as public health protection
- Blaming the victim : public health protection and the scapegoating of newcomers
- A nation of uninsured immigrants
- Denying the right to health
- Health as a global public good
- Creating global health
- Strangers for the sake of health
- Solidarity for newcomers, health for all
- Natives and newcomers : moving forward together.
- Subject headings
- Immigrants--Medical care. Immigrants--Medical care--United States. Medical policy. Medical policy--United States. Emigration and immigration--Government policy. Right to health. Right to health--United States. United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- ISBN
- 9780814789216 hardcover ; alkaline paper 0814789218 hardcover ; alkaline paper 0814789218