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Urgent Care: Medical Historians and Anthropologists Respond to Assaults on Public Health provides the historical and cultural context of the attacks on the U.S. public health system. Readers of Urgent Care will be able to better understand the consequences—for themselves, their families, their communities, and the world—of the damage the Trump administration is inflicting on public health, health equity, and access to healthcare.

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Emily Abel is Professor Emerita, UCLA-Fielding School of Public Health. Andrea Sankar is Professor Emerita of Medical Anthropology at Wayne State University. Jackie Wolf is Professor Emerita of Social Medicine at Ohio University. Participate in the comments section and support this work with a subscription.

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