Essex, Ryan ORCID: 0000-0003-3497-3137 and Kalocsanyiova, Erika ORCID: 0000-0002-3535-1084 (2024) Australian immigration detention and its impact on healthcare professionals and the Australian healthcare community. In: Peterie, Michelle, (ed.) Immigration Detention and Social Harm: The Collateral Impacts of Migrant Incarceration. Routledge - Taylor & Francis, New York. ISBN 978-1003370727 (In Press) (doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003370727)

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Abstract

The Australian healthcare community have been closely involved with Australian immigration detention since its introduction three decades ago. A variety of roles have been assumed: healthcare professionals have worked within centres, while others have built an evidence base that speaks to the harms of detention, others have protested using their relative privilege to challenge the government on these policies. These roles have often brought individuals and the healthcare community into direct conflict with the Australian government, which have sought to silence and attack those who have spoken out against these policies. Beyond this, the majority of Australian healthcare bodies have issued statements in opposition to detention and played an active role in demanding change and supporting those who have spoken out. In short, where there has been controversy, the healthcare community has been closely involved in a range of ways, from being complicit with these policies to engaging in active opposition. This chapter will explore the collateral impact that Australian immigration detention has had on health workers who have engaged advocacy and the broader healthcare community. In addition to the testimony that can be found in the existing literature, this chapter is informed by data collected from a group of healthcare workers, activists, and academics who had worked within or engaged in action opposing immigration detention.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	refugee; immigration detention; health; healthcare; ethics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Chronic Illness and Ageing Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Mental Health Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Professional Workforce Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA)
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2024 11:19
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/46504

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