That's How I Live with It, I Don't Have a Choice

ISBN-13: 9783843387774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 100 str.

Opis

After a change in the Health Insurance Act in January 2009 in the Netherlands difficulties were expected for undocumented migrants with dental problems. Commissioned by the NGO Dokters van de Wereld and in line with that expectation this study examines undocumented migrants' (UDMs) health seeking behaviour for dental problems in the Netherlands. It is based on a qualitative research conducted from early March till late May 2010. With the assumption that UDMs are part of the margin of society and their status is highly stigmatized, the author believes that access to health or dental care is an ongoing obstacle. This study explores the strategies UDMs choose to solve dental problems at the micro, meso and macro level. It describes the reason why UDMs do not visit the regular dentist and explains which alternatives they use and why.

O autorze

Zonneveld, ElisabethElse Zonneveld got her undergratuate degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) in 2009. This book is the final project for her graduate degree in Medical Anthropology from the Graduate School of Social Science in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.