Benefits and challenges of caring for international patients.
Increasing numbers of international patients are receiving care at US medical centers, entailing various challenges and benefits to all involved. Despite the potential challenges, the collective experiences can transform healthcare providers and their institutions into better physicians, better medical centers, and overall better members of a global society with increased awareness of the global human experience.
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. E-mail: kelly.cawcutt@unmc.edu.
Kelly A
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Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
John W
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Wilson
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