Alessandra Miklavcic
Biographic Data
| ID | 218951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandra Miklavcic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Miklavcic |
| SIGNATURE | MIKLAVCIC A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Douglas Mental Health University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3404-6694 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Documenting language barriers in a general hospital psychiatry setting
Previous research has demonstrated that without the use of professional interpreters, language barriers interfere with patient care. The literature recommends documenting the presence of language barriers in medical charts. To our knowledge, this mixed methods study is the first to examine language documentation practices in a Canadian inpatient psychiatry setting. The research team interviewed 122 patients admitted to a tertiary care psychiatry …
Canada's Non-status Immigrants: Negotiating Access to Health Care and Citizenship
Illegal immigration in Canada is characterized mainly by non-status immigrants who legally enter Canada and stay after their legal status expires and by failed refugee claimants. For these persons, immigration status or its absence plays an important role in determining the degree of access to Canadian health care. This article situates the clinical setting as a site of contention and negotiation of citizenship and care in social networks as well…
Slogans and graffiti: Postmemory among youth in the Italo-Slovenian borderland
In this article, I look at the ways in which contested memories, imagined communities, and social ressentiment are embraced and filtered by Slovenian and Italian youth as postmemory and transformed into symbolic weapons that exclude, make demands, or simply provoke. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the Italo-Slovenian border area of Trieste, I analyze two settings in which these symbols are used: a soccer match between Slovenia and Italy played …
Slogans and graffiti: Postmemory among youth in the Italo-Slovenian borderland
In this article, I look at the ways in which contested memories, imagined communities, and social ressentiment are embraced and filtered by Slovenian and Italian youth as postmemory and transformed into symbolic weapons that exclude, make demands, or simply provoke. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the Italo-Slovenian border area of Trieste, I analyze two settings in which these symbols are used: a soccer match between Slovenia and Italy played …
Canada's Non-status Immigrants: Negotiating Access to Health Care and Citizenship
Illegal immigration in Canada is characterized mainly by non-status immigrants who legally enter Canada and stay after their legal status expires and by failed refugee claimants. For these persons, immigration status or its absence plays an important role in determining the degree of access to Canadian health care. This article situates the clinical setting as a site of contention and negotiation of citizenship and care in social networks as well…
Slogans and graffiti: Postmemory among youth in the Italo-Slovenian borderland
In this article, I look at the ways in which contested memories, imagined communities, and social ressentiment are embraced and filtered by Slovenian and Italian youth as postmemory and transformed into symbolic weapons that exclude, make demands, or simply provoke. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the Italo-Slovenian border area of Trieste, I analyze two settings in which these symbols are used: a soccer match between Slovenia and Italy played …
Canada's Non-status Immigrants: Negotiating Access to Health Care and Citizenship
Illegal immigration in Canada is characterized mainly by non-status immigrants who legally enter Canada and stay after their legal status expires and by failed refugee claimants. For these persons, immigration status or its absence plays an important role in determining the degree of access to Canadian health care. This article situates the clinical setting as a site of contention and negotiation of citizenship and care in social networks as well…
Documenting language barriers in a general hospital psychiatry setting
Previous research has demonstrated that without the use of professional interpreters, language barriers interfere with patient care. The literature recommends documenting the presence of language barriers in medical charts. To our knowledge, this mixed methods study is the first to examine language documentation practices in a Canadian inpatient psychiatry setting. The research team interviewed 122 patients admitted to a tertiary care psychiatry …
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Health care (2 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works)