The present study is part of a current investigation: "From the Migratory Itinerary to the Therapeutic Itinerary: Health, Illness, and Health Care among Senegalese and Gambian Immigrants in Catalonia". The account is divided into two parts. In the first, the phenomenon of immigration is presented, as well as the contextual variables, wich make its explanation a problem. In the second part, some of Medical Anthropology´s methodological and conceptual starting points are presented and such aspects as health, illness, and health care process are analysed in the especific social group discussed here, that is, the Senegalese and Gambian immigrants residing in Catalonia.

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Medical Anthropology,Immigration,Spain