Many physicians assist others at great risk to their personal safety as part of Physicians for Human Rights.

Giving undocumented immigrants and those with DACA status (DREAMers) access to health care and medical education enables them to contribute to these systems.

Many physicians find it difficult to accept uninsured or Medicaid patients due to low level or lack of reimbursement.

Physicians who are aware of various forms of human rights abuses are better able to serve and advocate for their patients.

Lack of access to health care is causing the US to lag behind in the global economy and needs to be tackled with specific policy solutions.

Cases of elder self-neglect require physicians to balance the patient’s wish for independence and the risks of poor self-care.

Withholding information from patients during an informed consent process is ethically unacceptable. Patients may restrict the amount of information they wish to receive or designate someone else to receive the information for them.

Being marked as an “other” outside of the circle of human concern expresses tension between principles of liberty and equality and exacerbates health inequity.

Millennium Development Goals on nutrition and health seek to end hunger and significantly reduce malnutrition and premature death by 2025. Health systems and health professionals have important roles in meeting these goals.

When patients cannot give informed consent or refusal for antipsychotic medication, physicians must meet specific criteria to justify temporarily withholding a diagnosis.