Abstract
The field of anthropology offers several unique contributions to the study of refugee health, most importantly in uncovering the challenges many refugees face in accessing adequate and appropriate medical care. Anthropological studies of refugee health may be divided into three broad categories: studies during humanitarian emergencies or within refugee camps; studies of the transit and asylum process; and studies of health and health care following settlement in a host country. Studies frequently theorize refugees' physical bodies and mental health diagnoses as evidence of violence, persecution, or marginality and therein posit refugees, compared to other migrants, as more “deserving” of asylum, health care, and other benefits. Anthropological research also often highlights and contextualizes refugees' experiences of violence, mental illness, reproductive health, and food insecurity as part of broader political and historical processes, and applied and clinical anthropologists frequently highlight differences in language, culture, and expectations that affect clinical encounters.
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