La salute dello straniero tra culture, disuguaglianze e linee d’intervento
ISBN: 978 88 940037 1 0
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Language: Italian
Publisher: Paolo Loffredo Iniziative Editoriali Srl
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La salute dello straniero tra culture, disuguaglianze e linee d’intervento
The ambivalence of the foreigner's thought is vivid in every action he performs in the society of arrival and is reflected, for the aspects that we want to consider here, also on matters concerning his health; the latter, in fact, must be understood as a product, on the one hand, of previous ideas of the body, of illness, of care, relating to the symbolic universe of belonging and, on the other hand, of ideas acquired in the care settings and assistance from the immigration company. The text highlights how a reflection on the health of the foreigner must necessarily go beyond the question of supposed "cultural" differences and the idea of "medically" health, undertaking a reflection on the main factors that, along the whole path of insertion and integration in the host country, affect the ability and the ability of the migrant to take care of themselves and their health.
