@article{ref1,
title="What can the health humanities contribute to our societal understanding of and response to the deaths of despair crisis?",
journal="Journal of medical humanities",
year="2023",
author="George, Daniel R. and Studebaker, Benjamin and Sterling, Peter and Wright, Megan S. and Cain, Cindy L.",
volume="44",
number="3",
pages="347-367",
abstract="Deaths of Despair (DoD), or mortality resulting from suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease, have been rising steadily in the United States over the last several decades. In 2020, a record 186,763 annual despair-related deaths were documented, contributing to the longest sustained decline in US life expectancy since 1915-1918. This forum feature considers how health humanities disciplines might fruitfully engage with this era-defining public health catastrophe and help society better understand and respond to the crisis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1041-3545",
doi="10.1007/s10912-023-09795-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10912-023-09795-0"
}