Beliefs and challenges held by medical staff about providing emergency care to migrants: an international systematic review and translation of findings to the UK context.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Migration has increased globally. Emergency departments (EDs) may be the first and only contact some migrants have with healthcare. Emergency care providers' (ECPs) views concerning migrant patients were examined to identify potential health disparities and enable recommendations for ED policy and practice.

Design

Systematic review and meta-synthesis of published findings from qualitative studies.

Data sources

Electronic databases (Ovid Medline, Embase (via Ovid), PsycINFO (via OVID), CINAHL, Web of Science and PubMed), specialist websites and journals were searched.

Eligibility criteria

Studies employing qualitative methods published in English.

Settings

EDs in high-income countries.

Participants

ECPs included doctors, nurses and parame

SUBMITTER: Harrison HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature