Urgent Issues Facing Immigrant Physicians in the United States in the COVID-19 Era.

Tiwari, Vivekanand; Bhardwaj, Abhishek; Sonani, Bhavin; Mehta, Atul C · Ann Intern Med · 2020

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Physicians who received their medical training outside the United States constitute a substantial proportion of the physician workforce in states with a high burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As described in this essay, immigrant physicians and their families also may be especially vulnerable because of several circumstances that relate to their visa status.

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