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How to reconcile medical training with the reality of health inequity

I spent four years in medical school learning about 'non-compliance' and now I work in a clinic where half my patients cannot afford their medications and I feel like I was trained to blame them for being poor.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You are experiencing cognitive dissonance between the individualistic framework of medical education and the structural realities that determine your patients' health outcomes.

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