Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities
In the United States, undocumented residents face unique barriers to healthcare access that render them disproportionately dependent on the emergency department (ED) for care. Consequently, ED providers are integral to the health of this vulnerable population. Yet special considerations, both clinic...
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2019-07-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| author | Shamsher Samra Breena R. Taira Erika Pinheiro Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr Todd Schneberk |
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| description | In the United States, undocumented residents face unique barriers to healthcare access that render them disproportionately dependent on the emergency department (ED) for care. Consequently, ED providers are integral to the health of this vulnerable population. Yet special considerations, both clinical and social, generally fall outside the purview of the emergency medicine curriculum. This paper serves as a primer on caring for undocumented patients in the ED, includes a conceptual framework for immigration as a social determinant of health, reviews unique clinical considerations, and finally suggests a blueprint for immigration-informed emergency care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4d85ffda24248febe35aeb4ab12fde22022-12-22T01:20:10ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-90182019-07-0120510.5811/westjem.2019.7.41489wjem-20-791Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and OpportunitiesShamsher Samra0Breena R. Taira1Erika Pinheiro2Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr3Todd Schneberk4Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Torrance, CaliforniaOlive View-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sylmar, CaliforniaAl Otro Lado Inc., Los Angeles, CaliforniaLAC-USC Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLAC-USC Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, CaliforniaIn the United States, undocumented residents face unique barriers to healthcare access that render them disproportionately dependent on the emergency department (ED) for care. Consequently, ED providers are integral to the health of this vulnerable population. Yet special considerations, both clinical and social, generally fall outside the purview of the emergency medicine curriculum. This paper serves as a primer on caring for undocumented patients in the ED, includes a conceptual framework for immigration as a social determinant of health, reviews unique clinical considerations, and finally suggests a blueprint for immigration-informed emergency care.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9mt283cs |
| spellingShingle | Shamsher Samra Breena R. Taira Erika Pinheiro Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr Todd Schneberk Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| title | Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | Undocumented Patients in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | undocumented patients in the emergency department challenges and opportunities |
| url | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9mt283cs |
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