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Transcript 21 - April 21, 2014

 

Topic: Immigration & Healthcare Ethics

           Guest Host: Mark Kuczewski (@Mkuczew),

             Director of Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics

                  Past President of American Society for Bioethics & Humanities

 

 

 

Sneak Preview: topics for upcoming chat

 

T1a: Do HCPs have an ethical responsibility to treat all patients without regard to their legal documentation status? Why/why not? #bioethx

 

T1b: Undocumented Immigrants not eligible 2 pay for private insurance thru exchanges/marketplace. Does this pose ethical issue? #bioethx

 

T1c: Should undocumented immigrants be eligible for federal public benefits (Medicare, CHIP, Medicaid etc)? Why/why not? #bioethx

 

T2a: Should undocumented students (DREAMers) be eligible to apply for U.S. graduate health schools? #bioethx

 

T2b: What unique barriers might undocumented students face even once accepted into U.S. graduate HC programs? #bioethx

 

T3: Can medical repatriation of undocumented immigrants (returning pt to country of origin) be ethical? Under what conditions? #bioethx

 

T4: How does immigration policy as it pertains to health/healthcare relate to concepts of social justice and/or human rights? #bioethx

 

 

To Come:

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Top Influencers

 

For more information on this subject, check out:

Access to Health Insurance and Healthcare

1National Immigration Law Center (NILC), “Immigrants and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)”

2. American College of Physicians (ACP), National Immigration Policy and Access to Health Care (A Position Paper Approved by the ACP Board of Regents) April 2011.

3. Mark G. Kuczewski, Trisha Cassidy (2013) Health Care for Our Immigrant Neighbors: The Need for Justice and Hospitality. Health Care Ethics USA 21(3):8-16.

4. Mark G. Kuczewski (2011) Who is My Neighbor? A Communitarian Analysis of Access to Health Care for Immigrants. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 32(4): 327-36

 

Dreamers & the Medical Workforce

5. Pre-Health Dreamers

6. Pre-Health Dreamers Medical School FAQ

7. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, “Dreamers of DACA Status Welcome.”

8. Kuczewski MG, Brubaker L. (2013) Medical Education as Mission: Why One Medical School Chose to Accept DREAMers. Hastings Center Report. 43(6):21-24

 

Medical Repatriation

9. Michael J. Young, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann, Undocumented Injustice? Medical Repatriation and the Ends of Health Care, NEJM, 2014; 370: 669-673.

10. Kuczewski MG. (2012) Can Medical Repatriation Be Ethical? Establishing Best Practices. American Journal of Bioethics 12(9): 1-5.

11. REPORT: Hundreds Of Immigrants Are Being Deported From Their Hospital Beds 

 

Other

12. HealthCare & Immigration: A Summary to Accompany BioethxChat Twitter Event (4/21/14)

13. Virtual Mentor: Medical Care for U.S. Immigrants

14. Immigration status is a health policy challenge

15. Health reform may expose immigrant status of millions

16. Neurology: Care of an undocumented immigrant

 

 

 

 

April 21, 2014

Thoughts From The Moderator:

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