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Health care for migrants: an ethical challenge

This article aims to show that the growing phenomenon of migration in today's society has provided this community with opportunities, but also with difficulties. The migrant population is a vulnerable group, especially in sanitary matters. Health care for migrants presents a challenge for public health, not only in terms of policies regarding access and information, but most of all in matters of attention based on humanized treatment that is respectful of beliefs, values, and expectations. Dignified care demands a real commitment from the State and sensitivity on the part of health care service providers in order to offer the migrant population holistic services based on respect for their human rights.

Migrant; Health; Ethics


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