Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Although refugees tend to have lower mortality rates than the locally born population, they are not immune to terminal illness. When refugees do become ill, they may have particularly challenging paths related to their prior exposures, trauma, and cultura
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Refugee Health Care
Aniyizhai Annamalai Editor
Refugee Health Care An Essential Medical Guide Second Edition
Editor Aniyizhai Annamalai Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT USA
ISBN 978-3-030-47667-0 ISBN 978-3-030-47668-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47668-7 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Dedicated to all those who suffer persecution in any form AND To my family who taught me to be sensitive to those who suffer injustice
Preface
Refugees have always been a part of human existence for as long as we’ve had wars and political instability. Refugee health as a medical discipline has only advanced in the last few decades. Refugees are found all around the world and consequently, clinical care occurs in a multitude of settings. However, much of the research in refugee health has tended to be in resettled refugees. Consequently, evidence based guidelines for treating refugees have been developed in the USA and other countries that resettle the majority of refugees. Refugee health as a field is growing rapidly as evidenced by the formation of the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers and the large attendance at the annual North American Refugee Health Conference (NARHC). Political changes affect refugee migration and resettlement, and refugee numbers may be high or low at any given time. But numbers change quickly and clinical providers more likely than not will encounter people who have migrated from regions of conflict and experienced persecution. Refugees are a heterogeneous group as they originate from different parts of the world and each refugee’s p
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