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Chapter 44 - Issues during Labour for Migrant Populations

from Section 5 - Intrapartum Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Apostolos M. Mamopoulos ,
Ioannis Tsakiridis &  and
Apostolos P. Athanasiadis
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

According to the United Nation’s definition, an international migrant is “a person who is living in a country other than his or her country of birth”. By mid-2015, the UN reported that the number of new refugees and asylum seekers was about 15.1 million, and 1.6 million applications for asylum or refugee status were filed in 2014 alone. The hardship associated with the refugee experience can be especially pronounced for women who face the risk of discrimination and of physical and/or sexual violence. Past traumas that occurred in the country of origin can aggravate that feeling.

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 367 - 372
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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