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What Can the Health Humanities Contribute to Our Societal Understanding of and Response to the Deaths of Despair Crisis?

Authors :
George DR
Studebaker B
Sterling P
Wright MS
Cain CL
Source :
The Journal of medical humanities [J Med Humanit] 2023 Sep; Vol. 44 (3), pp. 347-367. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 15.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Deaths of Despair (DoD), or mortality resulting from suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease, have been rising steadily in the United States over the last several decades. In 2020, a record 186,763 annual despair-related deaths were documented, contributing to the longest sustained decline in US life expectancy since 1915-1918. This forum feature considers how health humanities disciplines might fruitfully engage with this era-defining public health catastrophe and help society better understand and respond to the crisis.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1573-3645
Volume :
44
Issue :
3
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Journal of medical humanities
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37059900
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-023-09795-0