Titia Feldmann Refugees and General Practitioners - Partners in Care?

FSW publicatiereeks 16,5 x 24 cm 195 pag. € 22,50 ISBN 978 90 3610 068 7 NUR 740 2006

Refugees from countries outside Europe admitted to and settled in the Netherlands are confronted with a healthcare system that is very different from what they were used to at home. The central role of the general practitioner (GP) is especially new to them. Since the policy of the Dutch government has been to settle admitted refugees in municipalities all over the country, GPs in all villages, towns and cities can meet patients with a refugee background in their practice. This qualitative study brings out the voices and reflections of both refugees (from Afghanistan and Somalia) and GPa about their encounters and experiences dealing with each other. Titia Felmann (1946) was born in Amsterdam. Though rooted in the Netherlands migration and diversity were always part of her life, with two grandparents, two parents and a husband born outside the Netherlands. After graduating in medicine at Groningen University she was an active member of the 'critical doctors movement' and the 'working group primary healthcare', at the same time working as a locum GP in Amsterdam. In 1976 she settled as a GP in a health centre in Holendrecht, one of the new residential areas in the southeast of Amsterdam. From 1981 she was a lecturer at Leiden University, teaching medical students about general practice. From 1990 to 2006 she worked as a manager and policy advisor in the field of healthcare for asylum seekers, first in the centre for Refugee Healthcare (CGV), later in the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). Since 2000 she has combined her work with the research project presented in this book. Bestel/Order