Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

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1. According to the "Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine (Farmer, et al., 2006) article, what did the case study of HIV treatment in Baltimore in the early 1990s reveal about structural violence?

Structural violence was taking place in the form of racial discrimination; black patients were significantly less likely than whites to have received ART (antiretroviral therapy) and other options. Structural violence was taking place in the form of discrimination against homosexual patients; they were often turned away without care options. Structural violence was being addressed in the form of a governmental task force that identified and fined clinics for unequal treatment.

2. According to the "Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine (Farmer, et al., 2006) article, what did the researchers and clinicians in Baltimore do to address the structural violence taking place?

They removed economic barriers at the point of care. They helped to address comorbid conditions like drug addiction and mental illness. They helped to pay for transportation costs to care. They made sure everyone who was eligible for health insurance received coverage.

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