Seeking affective health care: Korean immigrants’ use of homeland medical services

Lee, Jane Yeonjae; Kearns, Robin; Friesen, Wardlow

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.09.003

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“…Such patients may also be less likely to seek information from health care professionals. Lee, Kearns, and Friesen (2010) reported that Korean patients experience more distrust and anxiety during communication with Western doctors who often appear to less confident in their diagnosing practices in comparison with Korean doctors who tend to be authoritative and confident about their diagnoses.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cancer Information Seeking Behaviors of Korean American Women: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Surveys and Focus Group Interviews

Jun

Zhao

et al. 2015

Journal of Health Communication

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cancer Information Seeking Behaviors of Korean American Women: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Surveys and Focus Group Interviews

Jun

Zhao

et al. 2015

Journal of Health Communication

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“…Such sentiments are compounded in moments of vulnerability and prompt people to seek care in a more familiar context such as their country of origin in the case of migrants (Glinos et al 2010;Lee et al 2010). Despite much discussion about this topic in the literature, especially in relation to non-European migrants, only a few of our interviewees openly invoked differences in language and health care culture as a major reason for not at all or rarely accessing Irish health care services.…”

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Migrants and healthcare: Investigating patient mobility among migrants in Ireland

Migge

Gilmartin

2011

Health & Place

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Abstract:Drawing on detailed interviews with 60 recent migrants to Ireland, we discuss the extent and nature of patient mobility. The paper is framed by the typology of patient mobility outlined by Glinos et al (2010), which highlights patient motivation and funding. We pay particular attention to four key areas: availability of health care for migrants living in Ireland; affordability of care as a push factor for patient mobility; how migrants' perceptions of care affect their decision about where to avail of care; and the impact of familiarity on patient mobility. We provide empirical support for this typology. However, our research also highlights the fact that two factors -availability and familiarity -require further elaboration. Our research demonstrates the need for greater levels of awareness of culture specificity on the part of both migrants and healthcare providers. It also highlights the need to investigate the social and spatial activities of migrants seeking health care, both within and beyond national boundaries.

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“…Migrants seeking health care in their countries of origin have been the subject of several studies: on Turkish immigrants and their descendants in Denmark [Smith Nielsen et al 2012], Korean immigrants in New Zealand [Lee, Kearns and Friesen 2010], Mexicans in the United States [Wallace et al 2009], and migrants from various backgrounds in Ireland [Migge 2011]. In most cases migrants travelled to the countries of origin to get minor treatments or check-ups because it was faster and cheaper.…”

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Medical Travels of Polish Female Migrants in Europe

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2014

Czech Sociological Review

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Abstract:The article discusses the medical travel (medical tourism) of Polish women migrants based on a study conducted between 2008 and 2011 on Polish women who migrated to London, Barcelona, and Berlin. The author argues that the principal reasons for medical travel to Poland are the lower costs of private treatment, the relatively easy access to specialised health care, and personal comfort derived from linguistic and cultural competency. The women in the study who travelled to Poland for medical treatment combined the economic resources acquired while living abroad with their knowledge of the cultural and medical system in Poland to choose the best options for them. The treatments they sought included gynaecological, dental, and other specialised treatments, for which they turned to the private health sector in Poland. Some of the women also sought treatment in other countries. The women in the study highlighted the advantages of medical travel and mobility while also refl ected on the dilemmas they faced in choosing the best care. The author argues that medical travel poses a challenge to the national borders of health-care systems and the national availability of medical procedures, and found that while such mobility generates inequalities it also leads to greater agency and creativeness on the part of patients when they challenge the given regulations, authority, and expert knowledge in one country.

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Seeking affective health care: Korean immigrants’ use of homeland medical services

Cited by 132 publications

References 34 publications

Cancer Information Seeking Behaviors of Korean American Women: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Surveys and Focus Group Interviews

Cancer Information Seeking Behaviors of Korean American Women: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Surveys and Focus Group Interviews

Migrants and healthcare: Investigating patient mobility among migrants in Ireland

Medical Travels of Polish Female Migrants in Europe

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