reviewPLoS MedicineOct 18, 2006GOLD OA

Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

PEPaul E. FarmerBNBruce NizeyeSSSara StulacSKSalmaan Keshavjee

Harvard University

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Abstract

Structural violence refers to the social structures that put people in harm's way. Farmer and colleagues describe the impact of social violence upon people living with HIV in the US and Rwanda.

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Keywords
  • Harm
  • Structural violence
  • Medicine
  • Poison control
  • Criminology
  • Suicide prevention
  • Human factors and ergonomics
  • Injury prevention
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Gender equality
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