Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Globalisation, migration and health: an introduction -- Section 1: Forced voluntary migration: patterns of internal and international migration, burden of diseases and policy response -- 2. Forced internal displacement: pattern, health impacts and policy response -- 3. The social and health dimensions of refugees and complex humanitarian emergencies -- 4. Health, social and economic impact of voluntary migration -- Section 2: Case studies -- asylum seekers, healthy migrant effect, and access and utilisation of health services -- 5. Invisible and suffering: prolonged and systematic detention of asylum seekers living in substandard conditions in Greece -- 6. The health status, service needs and barriers to accessing care for detention and community-based asylum seekers in Australia -- 7. Women, children and men trapped in unsafe corridors -- 8. Migration and health effects in the Netherlands -- 9. Health equity: evidence-based guidelines, e-learning and physician advocacy for migrant populations in Canada -- 10. Hispanic immigration and the epidemiological paradox -- 11. Migration and the healthy migrant effect in Australia: current knowledge, gaps and opportunity for future research -- 12. The social dimensions of internal migration and health in China -- 13. Migration challenges and health policy in South Korea -- 14. Migrant health in the workplace: a multi-country comparison -- 15. The morbid effects associated with racism experienced by immigrants: findings from Australia -- Section 3: Conclusion -- 16. Globalisation and migration: reflections, policy directions and conclusion.

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