The Violence of Uncertainty — Undermining Immigrant and Refugee Health

Breanne Grace, Rajeev Bais, Benjamin Roth

New England Journal of Medicine · 2018 · 93 citations · 1 references

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Abstract

Interview with Dr. Breanne Grace on immigrant and refugee health and the effects of systematic personal, social, and institutional instability. (09:02)Download Immigrants and refugees in the United States have long faced structural violence due to unequal health care access. Now they’re being subjected to “the violence of uncertainty,” enacted through systematic instability that exacerbates inequality and generates fear.

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