William M. Sage, M.D., J.D., is James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence in the School of Law and Professor of Surgery and Perioperative Care in the Dell Medical School, both at the University of Texas at Austin. A member of the National Academy of Medicine, Professor Sage holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College, medical and law degrees from Stanford University, and an honorary doctorate from Universite Paris Descartes. Jennifer E. Laurin, J.D., is Wright C. Morrow Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Professor Laurin holds an undergraduate degree from Earlham College, and a law degree from Columbia Law School.
J Law Med Ethics. 2018 Sep;46(3):573-581. doi: 10.1177/1073110518804199.
American society tends to medicalize or criminalize social problems. Criminal justice reformers have made arguments for a positive role in the relief of poverty that are similar to those aired in healthcare today. The consequences of criminalizing poverty caution against its continued medicalization.
美国社会倾向于将社会问题医学化或刑事化。刑事司法改革者为缓解贫困提出了与当今医疗保健领域类似的积极作用的论点。将贫困刑事化的后果告诫人们不要继续将其医学化。
