Medical Anthropology and Migrants in Precarious Situations, Cared for in Intensive and Post-intensive Care Units

Medical Anthropology and Migrants in Precarious Situations, Cared for in Intensive and Post-intensive Care Units

Analyze the experience (perception, interpretation and incorporation - embodiment) that migrant people with low socio-economic status/precarity have of their own health conditions for which they have come to be hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Post-Resuscitation Rehabilitation Care (PRRC).

Inclusion Criteria:

For patients:

Male and female migrants (born outside of France and its territories, regardless of date of arrival, length of residence, or acquired nationality)

Aged 18 years or older

Living in or transiting through France

With or without residence permits or legal documentation

Hospitalized in ICUs and receiving care in post-ICU rehabilitation units (SRPR)

Providing consent to participate in the study

Having good proficiency in French, Spanish, or Italian, or, if not, benefiting from professional interpretation (ISM) or cultural mediation ensuring effective communication

Having a psychological and neurological state compatible with providing informed consent and taking part in an interview

For healthcare professionals and associative actors:

Being a healthcare, social work, or associative professional

Involved in the medical, psycho-social, and/or legal support and care of migrant patients admitted to ICUs and SRPR

Providing consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

For patients:

Being born in France

Being a minor (<18 years old)

Being under guardianship or curatorship

Having a neurological state incompatible with providing informed consent and taking part in an interview

For healthcare professionals and associative actors:

Not being involved in the care of migrant patients admitted to ICUs and SRPR