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disadvantaged and 'high-risk' patients in the United States in, "Sugar Blues: A Social Anatomy
of the Diabetes Epidemic in the United States". Chaufan gives strong testimony for the structural
violence and disparities experienced by diabetes patients who are also socially and ethnically
disenfranchised. Calling for action by framing discourse and public awareness to enact change at
the structural level, policy will reshape how diabetes care is managed and approached. Chaufan
argues that changing the landscape by which structural violence is played out, through policy,
can make a positive difference and begin to improve the quality of care experienced by those
who are currently unavailable to it.
When evaluating the public policy implications of health and disease, an anthropologic
framework is a useful lens for examining such factors. Critical Medical Anthropology (CMA)
draws attention to the macro-level processes that affect the daily lives of the human population.
Use of a CMA framework in anthropological literature and methods have produced some great
literary works that indicate that these hegemonic powers and policies are negatively impacting
certain populations in every corner of the planet and show that interconnected nature of human
thought and action. An advantage to this approach is the recognition that there are sources of
disparity and inequality that can be changed or transformed so as to ameliorate the pain and
suffering of many marginalized communities. The Political Economic framework that influences
many ethnographies and researchers in CMA and anthropology can show that funding dollars
may be wiser spent on eliminating the structural barriers like access to clean water and reliable
food sources.
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Cortez, Jacqueline Nicole. Experiences of Latinos with Diabetes in the Central San Joaquin Valley, thesis, May 2018; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157605/m1/28/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .