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NEJM case studies in social medicine: Kalofonos I. Biological Citizenship: A 53-Year-Old Man with Schizoaffective Disorder and PTSD Applying for Supplemental Security Income. NEJM 2019 Nov 21; 381: 1985-1989; doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1811661. and see: NEJM case studies in social medicine.

Karandinos G and Bourgois P. The Structural Violence of Hyperincarceration: A 44-Year-Old Man with Back Pain. NEJM 2019 Jan 17; 380: 205-209; doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1811542.

Braslow JT and Messac L. Medicalization and Demedicalization -- A Gravely Disabled Homeless Man with Psychiatric Illness. NEJM 2018 Nov 15; 379 (20): 1885-1888. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1811623.