Some refugees’ illness experiences preclude them from testifying and accurately representing their own interests during asylum adjudication proceedings.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E132-139. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.132.
The legal definition of a patient and the corresponding duties of the physician have been debated in state courts for over a century, and many aspects of the question are still unresolved.
Arguments that mistrust about information security will deter patients from embracing telehealth care ignore patients' willingness to take on risk in the pursuit of health benefits and the role physicians will play in encouraging adoption.