‘illness in our patients isn’t just a biological phenomenon. It’s the manifestation of social inequality in people’s bodies.’
Medical textbooks usually don’t discuss fixing your patient’s housing. They seldom include making sure your patient has enough food and some way to get to a clinic. But textbooks miss what my med students don’t: that people die for lack of these basics.
https://kottke.org/24/04/end-stage-poverty-is-killing-people-in-safety-net-free-america