Doctors press for humane treatment of asylum seekers

Doctors press for humane treatment of asylum seekers

"Health care for asylum seekers in Britain is patchy, belated and often inappropriate," the dossier says. It contains 22 case histories, reported by doctors, that show how Britain is "failing" in its obligations to provide health care for asylum seekers. The dossier states that t...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2001-10, Vol.323 (7319), p.952-952
1. Verfasser: Moscrop, A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Health care industry
Humanitarian aid
Physicians
Political asylum
Torture
Victims of crime
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Zusammenfassung:"Health care for asylum seekers in Britain is patchy, belated and often inappropriate," the dossier says. It contains 22 case histories, reported by doctors, that show how Britain is "failing" in its obligations to provide health care for asylum seekers. The dossier states that the cases document "the personal cost of this failure, measured in the suffering of refugees."
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.323.7319.952b