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Migration, ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies / Raj S Bhopal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bhopal, Raj S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minorities--Medical care.
- Minorities.
- Transcultural medical care.
- Discrimination in medical care--Prevention.
- Discrimination in medical care.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Minority Health.
- Minority Groups.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Epidemiologic Methods.
- Emigration and Immigration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Minority Health.
- Minority Groups.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Epidemiologic Methods.
- Emigration and Immigration.
- Physical Description:
- VIII, 373 s. ill.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written by Raj S. Bhopal, this book is aimed at MSc Public Health courses, and is especially relevant to those studying ethnicity and race in the health care context.
- Contents:
- ntroduction: the concepts of ethnicity and race in health and their implications in the context of international migration
- Terminology and classifications for migrant, ethnic, and racial groups: the centrality of census and population registers
- Challenges of collecting and interpreting data using the concepts of migration, ethnicity, and race
- Historical development of health and health-care services for migrant, racial, and ethnic minorities
- Assessing the health and health-care needs of migrant, racial, and ethnic minorities using quantitative and qualitative data
- Inequalities, inequities, and disparities in health and health care by migration status, race, and ethnicity
- Principles for setting priorities for the health and health care of migrants and racial and ethnic minorities
- Policy and strategy to improve health and health care for migrants and minority racial and ethnic groups
- Research on and with minority migrant, racial, and ethnic groups: Past, present, and future
- Theoretical, ethical, and future-oriented perspectives on health, migration status, race, and ethnicity
- Appendix: Terminology, categories, and censuses in Canada, Brazil, India, Australia, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, and Singapore.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Migration, ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies
- ISBN:
- 0-19-164480-3
- 0-19-177142-2
- 0-19-164479-X
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