Access to Care for Asylum Seekers Subject to a Deportation Order: Ethical Issues for Caregivers in the Quebec Context

Authors

  • Adelaide Doussau Direction de la qualité, de l’éthique, de la performance et du partenariat, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2622-5948

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7202/1112278ar

Keywords:

access to healthcare, ethical issues, immigration, asylum seekers, refugees, distributive justice, humanitarian medicine

Language(s):

French

Abstract

The situation of asylum seekers confined under deportation orders can expose caregivers to major clinical and organisational ethics issues. To help caregivers and healthcare organisations find ethical guidance, I reviewed the challenges of access to care and analysed the health and socio-political data to understand the ethical and logistical issues they face in these situations. My research shows that the situation of these patients raises issues of law, equity and distributive justice, and that there is a wide gap in knowledge about these situations and the resources available. This exploratory study shows that independent doctors, independent community resources and hospitals are the resources best placed to meet the care needs of refused asylum seekers, and that there is an urgent need to raise awareness and train caregivers in these issues.

(c) Han Han Li

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Published

2024-06-21

How to Cite

[1]
Doussau A. Access to Care for Asylum Seekers Subject to a Deportation Order: Ethical Issues for Caregivers in the Quebec Context. Can. J. Bioeth 2024;7:45-54. https://doi.org/10.7202/1112278ar.

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2-3 (2024): Open Issue & CBS Workshops

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2024 Adelaide Doussau

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