Human trafficking in the health care setting: recommendations for the physical medicine and rehabilitation provider

How Should Health Care Organizations Limit Roles of Human Trafficking in Their Labor and Supply Chains?

“…9 Fortunately, recently there have been calls to action for health care professionals to become more educated about human trafficking and its medical, social, and psychological effects on victims and for health care organizations and clinicians to take a more collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to addressing human trafficking. 10,11,12 What is less appreciated by health care organizations and professionals are upstream opportunities to prevent human trafficking through thoughtful approaches to both goods purchased and services contracted. Here, we use a human rights lens to highlight the social and corporate responsibility of health care systems in acquiring products.…”