Disclosing Pain: The Case for Greater Transparency
Clinicians across medical settings commonly euphemize or understate pain, which has concerning implications for patient trust, consent, and care quality.
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Read more: The Feminist Political Economy of Health Justice The Feminist Political Economy of Health Justice
Capitalism creates inequities and exacerbates injustice. Health justice entails pursuing alternatives. Feminist political economy offers some direction.
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Read more: Shortening Medical Training Would Help Trainees Balance Family and Career Shortening Medical Training Would Help Trainees Balance Family and Career
The length of medical training unnecessarily compromises trainees’ ability to balance their careers with starting families.
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Read more: Government Report Finds Care Deficits for Pregnant People in Federal Custody Government Report Finds Care Deficits for Pregnant People in Federal Custody
Pregnant and postpartum people in federal custody receive care directed by policies that fail to meet national standards, a new report finds,
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Read more: The Future of Medicine Post-COVID: Not a Healthy Outlook for Women The Future of Medicine Post-COVID: Not a Healthy Outlook for Women
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing gender inequities in academic medicine.
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Read more: COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System
Health and economic inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately harm women involved in the criminal legal system.
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Read more: Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem Women, Girls, and Mass Incarceration: A Hidden Problem
Ultimately, we must all recognize responsibility to overhaul our criminal justice system and the policies that drive it. The Drug War is a failed effort and the collateral consequences reach a level of absurdity, including children being raised in foster care and exiting that system into homelessness, poverty, and incarceration. It’s time to end the…
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Read more: Prosecuting Rape Victims, What Next? Prosecuting Rape Victims, What Next?
By Michele Goodwin In the wake of an election season peppered with references to rape by legislators vying for reelection or elevation to more prominent political positions: Representative Todd Akin’s woefully unscientific claim that “legitimate” rapes rarely result in pregnancy because women can “shut that whole thing down” or Richard Mourdock, Indiana state treasurer, reminding…