Doctors of the World Human Rights Clinic Training
Doctors of the World offers Human Rights Clinic training sessions for licensed physicians and mental health professionals interested in evaluating torture survivors. The sessions provide volunteers with an understanding of the asylum process in the United States, prepare them to evaluate the effects of torture on survivors, and address the importance of writing effective affidavits. The next session is on Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 8:30 to 1PM. For further information or to register, please contact Lisa Jimenez at lisa.jimenez@dowusa.org or 212-584-4866. The training will take place at Doctors of the World-USA, 80 Maiden Lane, 6th Fl, NY, NY 10038.
These sessions are offered periodically and Interested professionals should consult the Doctors of the World website for the most current events.
Health care should not be just for the wealthy, it should be for every human
being. Therefore, I am in favor of social medicine. It is inhumane, barbaric and
uncivilized not to provide health care to all human beings.
Social Medicine would provide health care to the least frotunate and not just
to those who can afford it. A poor person without health care is left with
a bill and if the bill can’t be paid, then it is turn over to a bill collector, who
harass and agravate the poor person condition, causing the person to become
sicker and perhaps lead this person to bankruptcy and death. Social Medicine
would eliminate this.