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

Subjects
*CHILD abuse, *CURRICULUM, *EXPERIENCE, *HEALTH services accessibility, *HEALTH status indicators, *HUMAN rights, *PSYCHOLOGY of medical students, *PATIENT advocacy, *PHYSICIANS, *SOCIAL justice, *SOCIAL role, *STUDENTS, *WRIST injuries, *OCCUPATIONAL roles, *CHILDREN, STUDY & teaching of medicine
Abstract

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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