Muhammad Zaman, author of We Wait for a Miracle: Health Care and the Forcibly Displaced, in conversation with Theresa Brown

Healthcare and Humanity Reading Series

Abstract: In We Wait for a Miracle, Muhammad Zaman, PhD, describes the difficulties faced by refugees, the internally displaced, and the stateless in accessing health care. He writes that barriers to health care share the following key factors: trust, social network, efficiency of the health system, and the regulatory framework of the host environment. We Wait for a Miracle combines personal and journalistic accounts of refugees with broad systemic analysis on global health care access to compare problems and solutions in different regions and provides holistic policy and practice recommendations for refugee populations.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law and City of Asylum—with additional support from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences—this series is curated by Theresa Brown, RN, author of The Shift and Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient, and features authors whose works explore experiences of health, healthcare, and embodiment. Programs in the series include a brief reading from the author, a moderated conversation, an audience Q&A, and a book signing.

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