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Screening out : HIV testing and the Canadian immigration experience

Title
Screening out : HIV testing and the Canadian immigration experience / Laura Bisaillon.
ISBN
9780774867474
0774867477
Publication
Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xix, 283 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Summary
"What happens when people with HIV apply to settle in Canada? Screening Out takes readers through the process of seeking permanent residency, demonstrating how mandatory HIV testing and the medical inadmissibility regime are organized to make such applications impossible. This ethnographic inquiry into the medico-legal and administrative practices governing the Canadian immigration system shows how it works from the perspective of the very people toward whom this exclusionary health policy is directed. Laura Bisaillon provides a vital corrective to state claims about mandatory HIV screening, pinpointing how and where things need to change."-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Issued also in electronic format.
Online version: Bisaillon, Laura. Screening out. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2022
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"Good Chickens" and "Bad Chickens": The Immigration Application
"It would be great to have you move to Canada": The Medical Examination
"It was just a form. I did not get a copy": The Immigration Doctor.
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