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dc.rights.licenseIn Copyrighten_US
dc.creatorHodgson, Ryan E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T11:24:02Z
dc.date.available2018-04-17T11:24:02Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.identifierWLURG38_Hodgson_POV_2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/33956
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.descriptionRyan E. Hodgson is a member of the Class of 2018 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe current opioid epidemic is a highly complex issue, and as such, claims of direct causation seem nearly impossible. Yet another challenge arises in attempting to determine which components of the overall epidemic more significantly impact rates of opioid addiction and overdose. This paper simply aims to introduce yet another perspective for consideration in the ongoing discussion surrounding the opioid crisis, as its death toll continues to rise. Analyzing the early introduction and promotion of opioids for chronic pain care illustrates the prevalence of the biomedical framework in our society – gaining success in its treatment of infectious disease, providing a platform for pharmaceuticals to promote opioids, and being further reinforced through our shifting expectations for pain care. Then placing rural health systems within this infrastructure, we see how rural providers inevitably rely more heavily on this biomedical model as the default solution in pain treatment, when burdened with decreased availability of alternative resources. With limited access, patients and providers in these rural areas are ultimately cornered into the norm of biomedical approaches to medicine – regardless of its ability or inability to adequately treat all types of ailments. [From final section]en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityRyan Hodgson
dc.format.extent32 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Capstone in Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capabilityen_US
dc.titleThe Biomedical Burden: Sociological Analysis of the Opioid Crisis in Rural Americaen_US
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dc.rights.holderHodgson, Ryan E.
dc.subject.fastBioethicsen_US
dc.subject.fastOpioid abuseen_US
dc.subject.fastCommunity health servicesen_US
dc.subject.fastMedicaiden_US
dc.subject.fastRural pooren_US
dc.subject.fastUnited Statesen_US
local.departmentShepherd Poverty Programen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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