Macalester College DigitalCommons@Macalester College Religious Studies Honors Projects Religious Studies Department Spring 5-6-2014 South Asian Muslim Health Outcomes in Great Britain: The aN tional Health Service and the British National Imaginary Marni P. Schreiber Macalester College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/reli_honors Part of the Religion Commons, and the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Schreiber, Marni P., "South Asian Muslim Health Outcomes in Great Britain: The aN tional Health Service and the British National Imaginary" (2014). Religious Studies Honors Projects. Paper 13. http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/reli_honors/13 This Honors Project - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Religious Studies Department at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Religious Studies Honors Projects by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. South Asian Muslim Health Outcomes in Great Britain: The National Health Service and the British National Imaginary Marni Schreiber Advisor: Brett Wilson Religious Studies May 2014 Schreiber 2 Abstract Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) ensures equal access care to all British residents. Health outcomes, nonetheless, vary across socioeconomic class, education level, and geographic location, a phenomenon particularly affecting Britain’s South Asian Muslim communities. This paper will contextualize the NHS within the British national imaginary and analyze discursive, social, and economic variables influencing Pakistani and Bangladeshi poor health. I will integrate religious-based analysis into healthcare studies and question if health outcomes act as a marker of distinction between minority and majority populations.