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Residents' Review| February 2021 Assisting Asylum Seekers: The Unique Expertise of Anesthesiologists Andrew R. Milewski, MD, PhD Andrew R. Milewski, MD, PhD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor February 2021, Vol. 85, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000733780.74038.05 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Andrew R. Milewski; Assisting Asylum Seekers: The Unique Expertise of Anesthesiologists. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:1–7 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000733780.74038.05 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: psychiatric hospital The numerous scars marking his arms, legs, back, chest, and face told the story of the horrific, state-sponsored torture that Mr. A had endured. Mr. A, a 25-year-old man from a small country in West Africa, was persecuted because his HIV/AIDS advocacy contradicted a false “presidential cure” contrived by the ruling regime. On multiple occasions, military police detained Mr. A in a squalid prison where they beat him with metal cables, wooden rods, and plastic clubs; battered him with the butts of their AK-47 rifles; threatened to feed him to the president's crocodiles; simulated drowning by forcibly holding his head underwater; chained his wrists and ankles for hours on end; deprived him of food and water for days at a time; and stripped away his dignity through a variety of other tactics. Each year, tens of thousands of individuals like Mr. A flee their home countries to seek asylum in... You do not currently have access to this content.

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