Medico-legal and obstetric challenges of recent demographic increases in Malta
| Autor: | Anna Mihaylova, Kirill Micallef Stafrace, George Gregory Buttigieg, Ekaterina Uchikova, Momchil Mavrov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Medico legal
Polymers and Plastics media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Legislation North africa language.human_language Maltese Service (economics) Political science Development economics language European standard media_common.cataloged_instance European union General Environmental Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Scripta Scientifica Medica. 51:7 |
| ISSN: | 1314-6408 0582-3250 |
| DOI: | 10.14748/ssm.v51i2.6422 |
| Popis: | The southern Mediterranean island of Malta, strategically located between North Africa and Europe and a full member of the European Union, offers an excellent European standard obstetric service. Yet, this obstetric service, like all other medical disciplines, is undergoing a severe evolutionary challenge imposed by rapid demographic shifts. It also finds itself without significant and relevant medico-legal legislation which is likely to lead to serious acute needs at the interface between the rapidly changing nature and number of foreigners residing in Malta and their medical needs, especially in the obstetric sector. The article looks at several factors, which argue for the immediate need of implementation of such legislation. One aspect of crucial importance is the demographic fact of rapidly changing profile of the patients making use of the Maltese Obstetric Service (MOS). This is the result of an influx of both EU nationals as well as irregular migrants, mostly of sub-Saharan origin. Both provide their own form of challenges to the MOS. In both, albeit more likely in the case of EU nationals, these challenges may easily find expression and resolution in eventual medico-legal action. |
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