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How Should Clinicians Express Solidarity With Asylum Seekers at the US-Mexico Border?
Martinez, Carlos; Carruth, Lauren; Janeway, Hannah; Smith, Lahra; Donato, Katharine M; Piñones-Rivera, Carlos; Quesada, James; Holmes, Seth M.
  • Martinez C; Candidate in the Joint UCSF/UCB PhD in Medical Anthropology Program.
  • Carruth L; Professor in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC.
  • Janeway H; Clinical instructor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • Smith L; Professor in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
  • Donato KM; Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration and the director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
  • Piñones-Rivera C; Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Tarapacá in Arica, Chile.
  • Quesada J; Professor in the Department of Anthropology at San Francisco State University in California.
  • Holmes SM; Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley, and in the Joint UCSF/UCB PhD in Medical Anthropology Program.
AMA J Ethics ; 24(4): E275-282, 2022 04 01.
Article in English, Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1782529
ABSTRACT
Migrants along the US-Mexico border have been subjected to transnational violence created by international policy, militaristic intervention, and multinational organizational administration of border operations. The COVID-19 pandemic compounded migrants' vulnerabilities and provoked several logistical and ethical problems for US-based clinicians and organizations. This commentary examines how the concept of transnational solidarity facilitates analysis of clinicians' and migrants' shared historical and structural vulnerabilities. This commentary also suggests how actions implemented by one organization in Tijuana, Mexico, could be scaled more broadly for care of migrants and asylum seekers in other transnational health care settings.
RESUMEN
Los migrantes en la frontera entre EE. UU. y México han sufrido violencia transnacional por parte de la policía internacional, la intervención militar y la administración organizativa multinacional de las operaciones fronterizas. La pandemia de la COVID-19 agravó las vulnerabilidades de los migrantes y provocó varios problemas logísticos y éticos para los médicos y las organizaciones estadounidenses. Este comentario examina de qué manera el concepto de solidaridad transnacional facilita el análisis de los médicos y las vulnerabilidades históricas y estructurales compartidas de los migrantes. También, sugiere cómo las acciones implementadas por una organización en Tijuana, México, podrían aplicarse a mayor escala para la atención de los migrantes y solicitantes de asilo en otros entornos de atención médica transnacional.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Refugees / Transients and Migrants / COVID-19 Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: English / Spanish Journal: AMA J Ethics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Refugees / Transients and Migrants / COVID-19 Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: English / Spanish Journal: AMA J Ethics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article