When responding to an ad for a job caring for patient-detainees along the US southern border, applicants should anticipate the need to navigate dual loyalties.

Judgmentalism applied to patients from poor and marginalized communities exacerbates health inequity and illuminates the importance of contextualizing a patient’s care.

Some refugees’ illness experiences preclude them from testifying and accurately representing their own interests during asylum adjudication proceedings.

High-resolution geographic information system tools map all general dentistry and periodontal practice locations as key sources of health inequity.

In March and April 2020, more than 90% of dental practices were closed entirely or seeing emergency patients only.

Streamlining US health care business has raised unique privacy concerns. Bills and explanations of benefits contain protected health information that could be disclosed to someone other than the patient.

Transnational violence has been created by international policy, militaristic interventions, and multinational organizational administration of border operations.

Hurricane María, earthquakes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and relentless privatization and fragmentation of the health care system have led to very poor health outcomes.