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Review
. 2006 Oct;3(10):e449.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030449.

Structural violence and clinical medicine

Paul E Farmer  1 , Bruce Nizeye, Sara Stulac, Salmaan Keshavjee
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Review

Structural violence and clinical medicine

Paul E Farmer et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct.

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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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Components of the Package for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Provided by Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima in Rwanda
Photo: Ophelia Dahl, Partners In Health
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