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“Buprenorphine doesn't hold me”: Neurochemical afterlives of state violence and the struggle for meaning in addiction treatment

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyzes two disparate experiences of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction, in California. Within the context of the U.S. War on Drugs and after decades of criminalization, buprenorphine represents a shift toward outpatient medical treatment of opioid addiction, but it has been unequally distributed and experienced ...
Lauren Textor
wiley   +1 more source

All in the family: Kidney donation in aging Japan

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the ethical and cultural logics shaping living donor kidney transplantation in Japan, where donation is restricted to kin and deceased donation remains rare. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Tokyo‐area hospital, it analyzes how Japan's kin‐based transplantation regime contrasts with the utilitarian model dominant in
Amy Borovoy
wiley   +1 more source

High prevalence of a host‐associated Anaplasma lineage in wild coatis (Nasua nasua) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Anaplasma sp. DNA was detected in 47.9% of free‐ranging coatis (Nasua nasua) sampled in Iguaçu National Park, southern Brazil. Molecular analyses revealed a genetically distinct Anaplasma lineage infecting coatis, differing from Anaplasma strains detected in associated tick populations.
Matheus Dias Cordeiro   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Complications and costs to the NHS due to outward medical tourism for elective surgery: a rapid review

open access: yes
England C   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Entomological surveillance of Trypanosoma cruzi vectors in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Discontinuous entomological surveillance and persistent infestation by triatomines highlight the risk of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission. The diversity of triatomine species in the peridomicile shows the potential for colonization into the home. The wide distribution of Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata accompanies high rates of ...
Letícia Mikardya Lima Sales   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value-Based Market Segmentation of West Asian Medical Tourism Market: A Case of Iran. [PDF]

open access: yesIran J Public Health
Torkzadeh L   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Responsibly Navigating Social Practices

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Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Jules Holroyd, Lel Jones
wiley   +1 more source

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