Rapid Response publishes essays that relate to rapidly evolving experiences.
Members of the MAQ community are invited to submit material for Rapid Responses–either contributions to an existing series or ideas for a new series–directly to the Online MAQ Editor for consideration. Submissions will be reviewed expediently and posted as quickly as possible.
Rapid Response publishes pieces from SMA’s “Takes A Stand”, an initiative which encourages medical anthropologists to collaborate on policy-related reviews and briefs.
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The Need for the Affordable Care Act
February 16, 2017 Dear President Donald Trump, Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Secretary Tom Price, Senator Mitch McConnell, Senator Lamar Alexander, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader-Elect Charles Schumer, and Representative Kevin Brady: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has…
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Unauthorized Im/migration and Health
Engaged Critical Medical Anthropology: Five Steps for Influencing conversations on “Illegal” Im/migration and health By Sarah S Willen (U Connecticut), Jessica Mulligan (Providence C) and Heide Castañeda (U South Florida) Of the estimated 214 million people who have migrated from poorer to…
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Global Health
Critical Anthropology for Global Health (CAGH) Study Group: What can critical medical anthropology contribute to global health: A health systems perspective James Pfeiffer and Mark Nichter – with additional edits & suggestions from Lenore Manderson, Craig Janes, Katie Bristow, Svea Closser &…
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Tobacco Control
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, An Urgent Call for U.S. Ratification – Alcohol, Drug, and Tobacco Study Group (ADTSG) Overview of the problem & Revised Statement Mimi Nichter, Chair; Mac Marshall; Roland Moore; Mark Nichter, Nathaniel Wander The commercial production…
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Global Gag Rule
Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR) OPPOSES THE GLOBAL GAG RULE The Advocacy Committee of the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR), an interest group of the Society for Medical Anthropology, seeks to ensure that anthropologists have a voice in public conversations…
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The Rights of Children
The UN General Assembly’s Convention on the Rights of the Child asks us to nurture and protect children. Ethics notwithstanding, doing so is essential to species survival. Yet, the USA has not voted for ratification of the Convention. And, in diverse cultural settings today,…