It was then that I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state. In patient after patient, the scores on these screenings are sky-high, placing the majority squarely at risk for severe anxiety and depression. I see the same answers over and over, as if our patients are cribbing off each others’ answer sheets. ADVERTISEMENTIs it when we let our patients know their rights so they are less fearful that ICE will kidnap them away from their children? Dipti S. Barot is a primary care doctor, writer, educator in the San Francisco Bay Area.
