Medical Xenophobia and Zimbabwean Migrant Access to Public Health Services in South Africa

被引:88
作者
Crush, Jonathan [1 ,2 ]
Tawodzera, Godfrey
机构
[1] Balsillie Sch Int Affairs, CIGI Chair Global Migrat & Dev, Waterloo, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Cape Town, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa
关键词
South Africa; Zimbabwe Migrants; Xenophobia; Public Health; NURSES; HIV/AIDS; EXPERIENCES; MIGRATION; WORKERS; ABUSE; ART; SEX;
D O I
10.1080/1369183X.2013.830504
中图分类号
C921 [人口统计学];
学科分类号
摘要
Xenophobic attitudes and actions are all-pervasive in South Africa in civil society and the state. Medical xenophobia refers to the negative attitudes and practices of health professionals and employees towards migrants and refugees based purely on their identity as non-South African. This paper examines the extent to which xenophobia manifests itself within the public institutions that offer health services to citizens and non-citizens, based on primary research with Zimbabwean migrants who try to access the system. The paper argues that medical xenophobia is deeply entrenched in the South African public health system despite being a fundamental breach of the country's Constitution and Bill of Rights, international human rights obligations and the existence of professional codes of ethics governing the treatment of patients.
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