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PLoS Medicine's October 2006 issue contained a special collection of eleven magazine articles and five research papers devoted entirely to social medicine. The collection featured many of the leaders in the field, including Paul Farmer, Arthur Kleinman, David Satcher, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Dorothy Porter, and Leon Eisenberg.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has conducted interviews with two of the authors of papers in this collection, David Satcher and Paul Farmer.

Listen to the interviews

Image Credit: Illustration by Giovanni Maki.

Editorial Top

Social Medicine in the Twenty-First Century

Scott Stonington, Seth M Holmes

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030445

The PLoS Medicine Debate Top

Is It Ethical for Patients with Renal Disease to Purchase Kidneys from the World's Poor?

Tarif Bakdash, Nancy Scheper-Hughes

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030349

Essays Top

Health Is Still Social: Contemporary Examples in the Age of the Genome

Timothy H Holtz, Seth Holmes, Scott Stonington, Leon Eisenberg

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030419

How Did Social Medicine Evolve, and Where Is It Heading?

Dorothy Porter

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030399

Anthropology in the Clinic: The Problem of Cultural Competency and How to Fix It

Arthur Kleinman, Peter Benson

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030294

“Anecdotal Evidence”: Why Narratives Matter to Medical Practice

Rafael Campo

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030423

Is There a Global Bioethics? End-of-Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference

Scott Stonington, Pinit Ratanakul

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030439

Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Public's Role in Working for Equality

David Satcher

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030405

Policy Forums Top

Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine

Paul E Farmer, Bruce Nizeye, Sara Stulac, Salmaan Keshavjee

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030449

Time to Regenerate: Ecosystems and Health Promotion

Colin D Butler, Sharon Friel

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030394

Student Forum Top

Why Should Medical Students Care about Health Policy?

Rajesh Gupta

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030199

Research Articles Top

An Ethnographic Study of the Social Context of Migrant Health in the United States

Seth M Holmes

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030448

Indigenous Health and Socioeconomic Status in India

S. V Subramanian, George Davey Smith, Malavika Subramanyam

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030421

Insights into the Management of Emerging Infections: Regulating Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Transfusion Risk in the UK and the US

Maya L Ponte

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030342

Reconstructing Tuberculosis Services after Major Conflict: Experiences and Lessons Learned in East Timor

Nelson Martins, Paul M Kelly, Jocelyn A Grace, Anthony B Zwi

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Published 22 Aug 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030383

Reinterpreting Ethnic Patterns among White and African American Men Who Inject Heroin: A Social Science of Medicine Approach

Philippe Bourgois, Alexis Martinez, Alex Kral, Brian R Edlin, Jeff Schonberg, Dan Ciccarone

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Published 24 Oct 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030452

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