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Hälsa på (o)jämlika villkor : en analys av statens offentliga utredning – Vård efter behov och på lika villkor – en mänsklig rättighet

Karlsson, John LU (2014) MRSK30 20132
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
This papers topic is the right to health for undocumented migrants in Sweden. In the year of 2010, the government of Sweden appointed an investigation after receiving cri-tique from both domestic and international voices and organizations. The investigation concludes that the healthcare system is not in conformity with Sweden’s human rights obligations and ambitions and a change in the national legislation was needed.
With the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt and Peter Nyers accident theory, combined with the research on health and equality presented in the book The Spirit Lev-el, this paper concludes that the new national legislation presented by the investigation is not enough to fulfill the right to health. Although it would... (More)
This papers topic is the right to health for undocumented migrants in Sweden. In the year of 2010, the government of Sweden appointed an investigation after receiving cri-tique from both domestic and international voices and organizations. The investigation concludes that the healthcare system is not in conformity with Sweden’s human rights obligations and ambitions and a change in the national legislation was needed.
With the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt and Peter Nyers accident theory, combined with the research on health and equality presented in the book The Spirit Lev-el, this paper concludes that the new national legislation presented by the investigation is not enough to fulfill the right to health. Although it would be a big step in order to fulfill the right to health for undocumented people living in Sweden, this paper con-cludes that there is a problem in fulfilling the right to health for persons who lack citi-zenship and discusses whether it is possible in Sweden. (Less)
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author
Karlsson, John LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSK30 20132
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
medborgarskap, accident, irreguljär migration, migration, Hälsa, papperslös, rätten till hälsa, hälso- och sjukvård, Human rights, Mänskliga rättigheter
language
Swedish
id
4239256
date added to LUP
2014-03-10 09:32:08
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:40
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  abstract     = {{This papers topic is the right to health for undocumented migrants in Sweden. In the year of 2010, the government of Sweden appointed an investigation after receiving cri-tique from both domestic and international voices and organizations. The investigation concludes that the healthcare system is not in conformity with Sweden’s human rights obligations and ambitions and a change in the national legislation was needed. 
With the theoretical perspective of Hannah Arendt and Peter Nyers accident theory, combined with the research on health and equality presented in the book The Spirit Lev-el, this paper concludes that the new national legislation presented by the investigation is not enough to fulfill the right to health. Although it would be a big step in order to fulfill the right to health for undocumented people living in Sweden, this paper con-cludes that there is a problem in fulfilling the right to health for persons who lack citi-zenship and discusses whether it is possible in Sweden.}},
  author       = {{Karlsson, John}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Hälsa på (o)jämlika villkor : en analys av statens offentliga utredning – Vård efter behov och på lika villkor – en mänsklig rättighet}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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