Director of policy at Physicians for Human Rights.
Senior officer of the Asylum Program at Physicians for Human Rights.
AMA J Ethics. 2021 Jan 1;23(1):E38-45. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.38.
Health professionals caring for asylum seekers face decisions about whether to participate in force-feeding hunger strikers, performing and reviewing unnecessary x-rays to assess detainees' ages, misusing detainees' health information, and discharging patients based on immigration officials' demands rather than patient safety. The latter action is a classic dual-loyalty dilemma reminiscent of some clinicians' actions during the Holocaust. This article investigates how professional organizations can support clinicians targeted by the state for resisting immigration officials' demands for their participation in human rights violations, opposing policies that compromise health professional values, and refusing to engage in unethical detention practices.
照顾寻求庇护者的卫生专业人员面临着是否参与强行喂食绝食者、进行和审查不必要的 X 光检查以评估被拘留者年龄、滥用被拘留者健康信息以及根据移民官员的要求而非患者安全来释放患者等决定。后一种行为是一个典型的双重忠诚困境，让人想起大屠杀期间一些临床医生的行为。本文探讨了专业组织如何支持受到国家针对的临床医生，使他们能够抵制移民官员对其参与侵犯人权行为的要求，反对损害卫生专业人员价值观的政策，并拒绝参与不道德的拘留做法。
