Physicians For Human Rights Says Health Workers Have Responsibility To Advocate For Patients’ Rights

Physicians for Human Rights: The Difference Doctors Make
DeDe Dunevant, director of communications at Physicians for Human Rights, discusses the work of PHR in delivering health care to Rohingya refugees and documenting human rights violations, writing, “[H]ealth workers have a responsibility not only to treat their patients, but to advocate for their rights and to demand justice” (2/8).

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