AMA J Ethics 2017 Jan 01;191:8-15. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas1-1701.

Saving the Starfish: Physicians'' Roles in Responding to Human Rights Abuses in Global Health Practice.

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This paper examines how an overseas medical student can improve the life of a kamlari, an indentured servant girl in Nepal. I argue that physicians and students should not only provide care for the health and well-being of patients but also act to ameliorate the suffering of their patients, particularly when patients'' social, cultural, economic, and political vulnerabilities overshadow their immediate clinical needs. I also address the point that medical schools need to offer courses on health advocacy and activism in order to promote health equity and social justice for all.

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