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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2019

01-01-2019 | Editorial

Internists Support Global Human Rights, One Patient at a Time

Author: Katalin Eve Roth, JD, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 1/2019

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It is impossible today to ignore the domestic political ferment about refugees and to be unaware of the global crisis. According to the United Nations, more than 258 million people worldwide are international migrants. Their plights move us: Africans drowned at sea while trying to reach the safety of Europe, displaced Rohingya fleeing genocide in Myanmar, Syrians fleeing a terrible civil war, and at our own southern borders the many who seek refuge in the USA from the violence of Central America. …
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Title
Internists Support Global Human Rights, One Patient at a Time
Author
Katalin Eve Roth, JD, MD
Publication date
01-01-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4712-3

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