This case study explores a recent argument claiming improvements in refugees' healthcare encounters in Norway primarily occur due to the refugee's own effort of adjusting, rather than the healthcare system's efforts. While investigating the perceptions of three Middle eastern refugees in the municipality of Kvinnherad, the aim of the paper was to gain a deeper understanding of the gaps between refugee patients and the healthcare service. By discussing the refugees' perceptions of important factors for improvement in their healthcare encounters, and linking them to the theories of social and cultural capital, the research finds that despite legal right to services and healthcare systems principle of offering equal access for all, refugees can hold a disadvantage in accessing and recieving care. Additionally to being a contribution to the academic research field on refugees meeting with new healthcare systems, the case study brings a new layer of knowledge about refugees' familiarization process in the municipality of Kvinnherad.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-62753 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Prestnes Ersland, Marianne |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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