Medical Education and Health Care in a Just Society
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), representing the president’s administration, has taken aim at three of the nation’s top medical schools.
Social Determinants of Health
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Health care is consistently ranked among the top concerns of the nation’s voters. A special issue for health care voters is electing candidates who are committed to making high-quality health care accessible and affordable to all.
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By Anna Aguilar and Sidney Lee In 1971, Congress tasked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with establishing procedures to “eliminate as far as practicable” the dangers of lead poisoning. Yet, HUD has repeatedly fallen short of accomplishing this. More than 50 years later, for children in federally assisted housing in the…
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By Stephen Wood In an era where health care inequities already burden marginalized populations, the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care culminating in the closure of several hospitals in Massachusetts, represents an unconscionable ethical failure. As these hospitals prepare to shut their doors, the communities they serve — comprising many uninsured, underinsured, and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals —…
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By Elaine Marshall, Isabel Geisler, L. Virginia Martinez, Krystal Abbott, and Katherine Hazen Social drivers of health (SDOH), sometimes known as the social determinants of health, are factors in the social environment that shape individual and population health, including poverty, racism, housing, education, and employment. When judges decide cases that impact these social factors, their…
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Patients should have an opportunity for a life with dignity before resorting to seeking a death with dignity.
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Indigenous Peoples with disabilities in Nepal are disparately impacted by climate change due to intersecting and compounding discrimination.
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This article will explore the development of Food is Medicine and its limitations, and briefly offer recommendations for successful Food is Medicine initiatives.
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It is only through public funding, regulation, and democratic community efforts that opportunities will expand, inequality diminish, and health care improve.
