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Status Syndrome: A Challenge to Medicine
The poor have poor health. At first blush that is neither new nor surprising. Perhaps it should be more surprising than it is. In rich countries, such as the United States, the nature of poverty has changed—people do not die from lack of clean water and sanitary facilities or from famine—and yet, persistently, those at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale have worse health than those above them in the hierarchy. Read more »
The PSR Social Justice Committee has been meeting over the past year to develop PSR programs in the areas of social justice. Read more »
The Topography of Poverty in the United States
This paper describes a spatial analysis of poverty in the United States at the county level for 2000. Read more »
Income Inequality Hits Record Levels, New CBO Data Show
Real after-tax incomes jumped by an average of nearly $180,000 for the top 1 percent of households in 2005, while rising just $400 for middle-income households and $200 for lowerincome households, according to new data from the Congressional Budget Office. Read more »
Culture and Medicine
When asked about globalization, Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, replied, “There is no alternative.” Her reply was shortened to “TINA,” which some people think is a newly discovered law of nature. Yet, public resistance to this new corporatecentered trade is increasing. What relevance does this have to American physicians? Does globalization affect health? Read more »
Death by Degrees
The sign of Global Warming are already here. “Death by Degrees” is a series of reports looking at the damaging health effects of global warming by states or regions within the United States. We encourage you to learn about the public health threats global warming poses in your state/ region and contact your elected officials to support climate policies that reduce our reliance on dirty fossil fuels and supports energy efficiency, conservation and clean renewable energy production. Read more »
Of the more than 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commercial use today, only a small fraction have been adequately examined for toxic effects in humans and other life forms. Read more »
Each year disorders of reproductive health result in devastating consequences for tens of thousands of Americans. Read more »
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
The Bush Administration’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) would increase waste storage and proliferation concerns arising from the use and projected expansion of nuclear energy by legitimizing the use of reprocessing and enrichment technologies. Read more »
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