Health Inequalities: Access to Services by Immigrants in Italy - Open Journal of Social Sciences

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Health Inequalities: Access to Services by Immigrants in Italy ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2015.34002 4,581 Downloads 6,504 Views Citations

Author(s)

Mara Tognetti^*

Affiliation(s)

University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

ABSTRACT

The presence of migrants as a phenomenon of globalization forces the various world health systems to face up to the problem of inequality penalising this population. Although new to immigration, Italy has seen an increase in immigrant health inequalities. Access to health services is a critical issue here.

KEYWORDS

Health Inequalities, Immigrants, Racialization, Access to Services

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Tognetti, M. (2015) Health Inequalities: Access to Services by Immigrants in Italy. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 8-15. doi: 10.4236/jss.2015.34002.

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