Chapter 9 ‘Suspect’ screening

Like their peers across western Europe, Australia and the Americas, large segments of the British public and a significant proportion of Britain’s medical establishment have enthusiastically promoted medical screening (and de facto medical selection) of would-be migrants since World War II. Moreover...

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Main Author:	Bivins, Roberta
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester University Press 2021
Subjects:	medical borders; racialised migrants; health controls; medical inspection; United Kingdom; Commonwealth; migration; National Health Service; medical surveillance thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSX Human biology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49621
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