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Confronting racism in the health services

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  • Adriana Bernardotti

    (IRES, Italy)

  • Sukhwant Dhaliwal

    (WLRI, UK)

  • Fabio Perocco

    (University of Venice, Italy)

Abstract

There are very high levels of staff of non-EU origin working in Europe's health services and these staff are often faced with racism. In many cases health sector trade unions have attempted to confront and challenge this racism. This article reports on research that shows that racism (both direct and indirect) is a continuing problem and that some trade unionists deny this and may even reinforce racism. The research consisted of studies in the national public health sectors of Belgium, France, Italy and the UK. The article concludes by examining the possibilities and limitations of trade union-led responses as collective means for confronting the many different forms of racism within the sector.

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  • Adriana Bernardotti & Sukhwant Dhaliwal & Fabio Perocco, 2007. "Confronting racism in the health services," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 13(3), pages 413-430, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:13:y:2007:i:3:p:413-430
    DOI: 10.1177/102425890701300307
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    Cited by:

    1. Rossana Cillo & Fabio Perocco, 2015. "Outsourced racism in Italy," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 21(1), pages 51-63, February.
    2. Gill Kirton & Cécile Guillaume, 2024. "Towards ‘Racialising’ the Union Agenda on the Front Lines of Healthcare Professions," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 38(2), pages 358-376, April.

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