How a family physician gets to know her newly arrived refugee patients
The reason for Chandra’s office visit is to fill out form N-648. Chandra* is a fifty-nine-year-old Bhutanese refugee who has been my patient for the last nine months. Form N-648 is a six-page bureaucratic nightmare that is guaranteed to bring my clinic day to a grinding halt. My refugee patients bring me this form to certify that they are unable to take the test to become a U.S. citizen due …
