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How Dreamland Colored My Summer Vacation And Thinking About The Opioid Epidemic, Elizabeth Leonard
How Dreamland Colored My Summer Vacation And Thinking About The Opioid Epidemic, Elizabeth Leonard
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Book Review of Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones,(2018).
Medicalization Of Rural Poverty: Challenges For Access, Elizabeth Weeks
Medicalization Of Rural Poverty: Challenges For Access, Elizabeth Weeks
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This article was prepared for a live conference, on “The Medicalization of Poverty,” held at the University of Illinois College of Law, and a symposium to be published in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. My piece focuses on a constellation of challenges for health care delivery and access to care in rural areas. Discussions regarding health and poverty often seem to focus on the admittedly persistent and multilayered problems of the urban poor: unemployment, substandard and unaffordable housing, violent crime, nutrition and “food desserts,” recreation and safe outdoor spaces, and under-resourced public schools, to name a few. While …