Ethics Grand Rounds: Ethical Approaches to Migrant Health: A Membership Based Account
The ethical imperative to protect the health of migrants in the United States is grounded in multiple frameworks, including human rights, public health ethics, and justice-based theories. This Ethics Grand Rounds will focus on a membership-based account, which argues that undocumented immigrants are embedded members of society who contribute economically, socially, and culturally—entitling them to health protections that protect their opportunities. Using restrictive migrant health policies as a case study, Dr. Thalia Porteny will examine how exclusionary policies that limit access to healthcare coverage result in poorer health outcomes, particularly in mental health. She will present an evidence base demonstrating how these policies exacerbate disparities, increase healthcare costs, and undermine ethical commitments to reciprocity and fairness. Ultimately, this talk will explore policy pathways and advocacy efforts that align with ethical principles and public health goals, emphasizing the role of clinicians, institutions, and policymakers in promoting more inclusive approaches to migrant health.
Join us on March 11th for a conversation on Migrant Health with Thalia Porteny, PhD, MSc, and Division of Ethics Chief Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD. The discussion will include a Q&A session with guest speaker Eunice Rendón Cárdenas, PhD, an expert in migrant health and the Executive Director of Agenda Migrante and Red VIRAL.
Ethics Grand Rounds is a series organized by the Division of Ethics in the Department of Medical Humanities & Ethics. The goal of Ethics Grand Rounds is to engage our community of health professionals, scholars, scientists and trainees across career stages and disciplines by elevating important topics and debates in medical ethics that relate to clinical practice, research, implementation, and education.
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