Physician Encounters with Human Trafficking: Legal Consequences and Ethical Considerations

Georgia Submitter and Jonathan Todres

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Abstract: There is growing recognition and evidence that health care professionals regularly encounter - though they may not identify - victims of human trafficking in a variety of health care settings. Identifying and responding appropriately to trafficking victims or survivors requires not only training in trauma-informed care but also consideration of the legal and ethical issues that arise when serving this vulnerable population. This essay examines three areas of law that are relevant to this case scenario: criminal law, with a focus on conspiracy; service provider regulations, with a focus on mandatory reporting laws; and human rights law. In addition to imposing a legal mandate, the law can inform ethical considerations about how health care professionals should respond to human trafficking. Originally published as: Jonathan Todres, Physician Encounters with Human Trafficking, 19 AMA J. Ethics 16 (2017), http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2017/01/ecas2-1701.html. The viewpoints expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

Date: 2017-08-31
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