The document discusses the important roles that physicians can play in promoting health and human rights through advocacy, documentation, education, and policy work. It outlines how physicians have ethical obligations to promote patient and community health, respect human rights, and address social factors that impact health. The document provides examples of how physicians have advocated on issues like access to care, torture treatment, detention conditions, and land mines to fulfill these roles and obligations.

1. Health, Human Rights and Advocacy: A Moral Imperative Allen S. Keller, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Health and Human Rights NYU School of Medicine

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17. Physicians’ Roles in Promoting Human Rights