Research ArticleII. Extreme Poverty and Social Suffering
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How Institutions Deprive: Ethnography, Social Work, and Interventionist Ethics Among the Hypermarginalized
Megan Comfort, Andrea M. Lopez, Christina Powers, Alex H. Kral, Jennifer Lorvick
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences November 2015, 1 (1) 100-119; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.06
Megan Comfort
aSenior research sociologist, Behavioral and Urban Health Program at RTI International
Andrea M. Lopez
bResearch medical anthropologist, Behavioral and Urban Health Program at RTI International
Christina Powers
cLicensed clinical social worker, Behavioral and Urban Health Program at RTI International
Alex H. Kral
dSenior research epidemiologist, Behavioral and Urban Health Program at RTI International
Jennifer Lorvick
eSenior public health scientist, Behavioral and Urban Health Program at RTI International

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How Institutions Deprive: Ethnography, Social Work, and Interventionist Ethics Among the Hypermarginalized
Megan Comfort, Andrea M. Lopez, Christina Powers, Alex H. Kral, Jennifer Lorvick
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2015, 1 (1) 100-119; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.06
How Institutions Deprive: Ethnography, Social Work, and Interventionist Ethics Among the Hypermarginalized
Megan Comfort, Andrea M. Lopez, Christina Powers, Alex H. Kral, Jennifer Lorvick
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Nov 2015, 1 (1) 100-119; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.06
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