Internists Support Global Human Rights, One Patient at a Time.

J Gen Intern Med

Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.

Published: January 2019

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