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标题：Why We Can't Turn Our Backs
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作者：Louise P. King
期刊名称：AMA Journal of Ethics
印刷版ISSN：2376-6980
出版年度：2008
卷号：10
期号：04
页码：191-194
出版社：American Medical Association
摘要：As a newly minted physician receiving my residency training at a large, urban, mostly charity-driven hospital in Dallas, I spend much of my day treating recent immigrants from south of our border with Mexico. I have great affection for my patients and, as the cliche goes, I feel as though I get more from them during our time together than they receive from my care. They remind me daily of the importance of family and of living a good and honest life—basic truths that can become lost in the midst of long hours on call and other demands of our profession. In this edition of the Virtual Mentor I hope to illuminate some of the ethical challenges physicians confront when working with patients who are immigrants.