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A critical, compassionate, and highly readable narrative-driven analysis, this is the first-ever inquiry into how the Canadian immigration medical program works in practice to screen out people with HIV.



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Laura Bisaillon’s Screening Out is a brilliant and much needed study of one barely known aspect of the Canadian immigration system: the medical screening of immigration applicants and the mandatory testing for HIV. -- Valentina Capurri, Toronto Metropolitan University * Canadian Journal of Disability Studies *

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 “Good Chickens” and “Bad Chickens”: The Immigration Application

2 “It would be great to have you move to Canada”: The Medical Examination

3 “It was just a form. I did not get a copy”: The Immigration Doctor

Conclusion

Notes; Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9780774867474, 978-0774867474
      ISBN10: 0774867477
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A critical, compassionate, and highly readable narrative-driven analysis, this is the first-ever inquiry into how the Canadian immigration medical program works in practice to screen out people with HIV.



      Trade Review
      Laura Bisaillon’s Screening Out is a brilliant and much needed study of one barely known aspect of the Canadian immigration system: the medical screening of immigration applicants and the mandatory testing for HIV. -- Valentina Capurri, Toronto Metropolitan University * Canadian Journal of Disability Studies *

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      1 “Good Chickens” and “Bad Chickens”: The Immigration Application

      2 “It would be great to have you move to Canada”: The Medical Examination

      3 “It was just a form. I did not get a copy”: The Immigration Doctor

      Conclusion

      Notes; Index

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