549 “You can’t go against the system!”How professionals and patients navigate healthcare access restrictions for asylum seekers in Germany

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Patients face barriers to healthcare access in Germany, navigating restrictive legislation that impacts their medical care.
The study involved ethnographic methods, documenting applications and interviews with healthcare professionals and asylum seekers.
Healthcare workers assist asylum seekers in understanding access procedures, often resulting in restrictive interpretations of policies.
The findings suggest that legislation imposes roles on actors, potentially making professionals enforcers of restrictive migration policies.

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Ethnographic exploration reveals barriers to medical care in asylum seekers, highlighting the role of patients as petitioners.

Ziegler et al. (2025) studied this question.

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