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In the face of great tragedy, the desire to pinpoint blame can be instinctual as a remedy for alleviating one’s conscience in a system that causes great suffering. However, to remedy the system that causes such suffering requires a critical analysis of the factors that perpetuate inequitable power structures. This is the story of a journey that broadened my lens of analysis with which to critically evaluate the harmful structural and social determinants magnified in resource-limited settings
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This essay is a non-peer reviewed republication of an award-winning entry submitted to the 2014 Consortium of Universities for Global Health essay contest. This essay also appears in the forthcoming publication Reflections in Global Health: An Anthology (2nd edition), edited by T. Bui, J. Evert, V. McCarthy, I. Asokan, A. Mehta, K. Miller, C. Tsai, and S. Wen and published by the Global Health Collaborations Press.
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McCoy, M. Essay: Leaky Pipes. Bioethical Inquiry 12, 93–94 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9613-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9613-0