Health Care, Ethnicity and War : Young Immigrants with War Experiences in Institutional Care in Sweden

• The purpose of the study is (1) to analyze narratives of youth that have experienced war, taken refuge in Sweden, and taken into custody and placed in institutions; (2) to analyze the organization of work cared for youth with war experiences ininstitutional care. The material of the study is gathered through interviews and conversations with youngsters in institutional care with war experience and through interviews and conversations with staff who work among youth with war experiences in institutional care. The theoretical perspective is determined from an ethno-methodological influenced interaction. Special attention will be given to the social comparisons and stories about health care, ethnicity and war which are expressed in the interviews.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Sociology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Health Sociology

Medical Sociology

Health Care

Health

Illness

War Sociology

Conflict Sociology

Peace and Conflict Studies

Qualitative Method

Identity

Morality

Ethnic Conflicts

War

Youth

Institution

Interviews

Field Work

Refugee

Stigma

Social Comparison

Symbolic Interaction

Ethics

Ethnomethodology

Religion

Migration

Migrant

Diaspora

Nationality

Transition

Unaccompanied Child Refugees.

Socialpsykologi

Social Psychology

Socialt arbete

Social Work

Sociology

Sociologi

Missbruks- och beroendevård

Substance Abuse Treatment

Pedagogics

Pedagogik

Specialpedagogik

Special Education

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

kon (subject category)