FoU-rapport 2011 – serie

This report is dealing with the Roma migrant´s encountering the healthcare in Sweden. The research takes a point of departure in a research conducted in the south of Sweden 2007-2010 and the research is taking part in a wider field addressing the challenges for the multicultural society. The background to the study is to be found in the Roma migration to Sweden during the last decades. The aim of the study is to examine how healthcare are experienced from the Roma`s point of view. What kind of attitudes do they meet? How are their special needs taking into considerations? Are there any special needs being neglected? The results of the study show that experiences are diverse. There are not specific needs in reference to the ethnical background or cultural aspects, instead people ask for being listened to, getting attendance and simply being treated with respect.