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The Providers

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June's Top 30 Films • 1h 21m

Directed by Anna Moot-Levin, Laura Green • Documentary • 2019 • 82 minutes

Set against the backdrop of the physician shortage and opioid epidemic in rural America, THE PROVIDERS follows three healthcare providers in northern New Mexico. They work at El Centro, a group of safety-net clinics that offer care to all who walk through the doors, regardless of ability to pay. Amidst personal struggles that reflect those of their patients, the journeys of the providers unfold as they work to reach rural Americans who would otherwise be left out of the healthcare system. With intimate access, the documentary shows the transformative power of providers' relationships with marginalized patients.

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alcohol, american (u.s.) studies, bullfrog films, chris ruge, community, doctor shortage, drug addiction, drugs and substance abuse, economic anthropology, economic sociology, economics of health care, el centro family health, emergency rooms, emt program, expository, health care delivery, health care sector, healthcare providers, healthcare system, latino community, leslie hayes, matt probst, medical anthropology, medical careers, medical sociology, mentoring high school students, northern new mexico, nurse practitioners, opioid epidemic, ovid, physicians assistants, poverty, psychiatric illness, psychology and mental health, public health, rural america, rural sociology, rural studies, s_0010, s_0050, s_0081, s_0086, s_0192, s_0235, s_0250, s_0260, s_0262, s_0450, s_0453, s_0462, s_0467, s_0503, s_0642, s_0650, s_0655, s_0660, safety-net clinics, santa fe community college, semillas de salud, social psychology, social work, the american west, the providers, title_p

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