M Oldani
Biographic Data
| ID | 19164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Oldani |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Oldani |
| SIGNATURE | OLDANI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Whitewater |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1586-0815 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Pharma-cology 101
Hayden, Cori
How Rohingya Language Educational Videos Help Improve Refugee Interprofessional Health Service Delivery in Milwaukee
Milwaukee has become home to one of the largest US populations of Rohingya refugees, who face barriers to health care, including poor service integration impeded by the absence of a formal written language. Clinicians also face barriers to delivering adequate, culturally attuned health services, so suboptimal outcomes are common. This article describes a community-based intervention using an interprofessional, multi-organizational, and ethnograph…
Papal Doctrines’ Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities
Understanding papal documents from the 15th century and the nature and scope of their authority is important when working with Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities influenced by forces and structures of colonialism. Intergenerational trauma has deep roots, which require clinicians to understand historical and cultural context when working with vulnerable patients-in particular, young victims of child abuse and neglect
Interprofessional Practice and Education and Innovation
Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management
Addressing intergenerational trauma remains a public health priority in Native American (NA) communities. Clinicians working with NA patients must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider's perspective on NA past and present life in order to earn trust. This case considers an NA adolescent suffering from mental distress, possible substance use, and multiple traumas. The commentary argues that trauma-informed…
Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans
Racial identity is a complex idea, particularly for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The idea of a single AI/AN race developed from a European-American view of phenotypic and cultural differences. It continues to have significant consequences for AI/AN populations within the clinical-medical context. For clinicians, using this flawed category in medical decision making poses ethical challenges and has implications for patien…
Deep Pharma
Anthropological Engagements with Modern Psychotropy
Special Issue for Anthropology & Medicine
The contributions to this special issue of Anthropology & Medicine nearly all revolve around the questions of who has autonomy and authority in decision-making, and whose influence matters in attem
Assessing the 'relative value' of diabetic patients treated through an incentivized, corporate compliance model
Primary Care clinics in the United States continue to incentivize doctors to adhere to clinical guidelines regarding record keeping and managing specific patient disorders. This paper offers a case study of a US physician working in a system of total compliance. This narrative will illustrate how a specific system has emerged that pays doctors an end-of-year bonus for achieving compliance in four specific areas: record keeping, service hours, cus…
Uncanny Scripts
This article outlines a new social reality of global psycho-pharmaceutical prescribing: the pharmaceutical family, or `phamily.' Ethnographic case studies from Manitoba, Canada (2002 to 2004) show how pharmaceutical emplotment, involving a synergy between cultural and drug scripts, can have uncanny consequences for vulnerable groups, such as Aboriginal children. Observations and interview transcripts of high prescribing doctors are analyzed to un…
Pharmaceutical Reason
Pharma PR or Medical Education
Harry A. Sweeney, Joel M. Roselin, Christy A. Rentmeester, Michael J. Oldani, Bert W. Rein, Greg Koski, Pharma PR or Medical Education?, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 2005), pp. 4-7
Thick Prescriptions
Anthropologists of medicine and science are increasingly studying all aspects of pharmaceutical industry practices-from research and development to the marketing of prescription drugs. This article ethnographically explores one particular stage in the life cycle of pharmaceuticals: sales and marketing. Drawing on a range of sources-investigative journalism, medical ethics, and autoethnography-the author examines the day-to-day activities of pharm…
Profit Makers vs Profit Takers
Thick Prescriptions
Anthropologists of medicine and science are increasingly studying all aspects of pharmaceutical industry practices-from research and development to the marketing of prescription drugs. This article ethnographically explores one particular stage in the life cycle of pharmaceuticals: sales and marketing. Drawing on a range of sources-investigative journalism, medical ethics, and autoethnography-the author examines the day-to-day activities of pharm…
Uncanny Scripts
This article outlines a new social reality of global psycho-pharmaceutical prescribing: the pharmaceutical family, or `phamily.' Ethnographic case studies from Manitoba, Canada (2002 to 2004) show how pharmaceutical emplotment, involving a synergy between cultural and drug scripts, can have uncanny consequences for vulnerable groups, such as Aboriginal children. Observations and interview transcripts of high prescribing doctors are analyzed to un…
Assessing the 'relative value' of diabetic patients treated through an incentivized, corporate compliance model
Primary Care clinics in the United States continue to incentivize doctors to adhere to clinical guidelines regarding record keeping and managing specific patient disorders. This paper offers a case study of a US physician working in a system of total compliance. This narrative will illustrate how a specific system has emerged that pays doctors an end-of-year bonus for achieving compliance in four specific areas: record keeping, service hours, cus…
Special Issue for Anthropology & Medicine
The contributions to this special issue of Anthropology & Medicine nearly all revolve around the questions of who has autonomy and authority in decision-making, and whose influence matters in attem
Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans
Racial identity is a complex idea, particularly for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The idea of a single AI/AN race developed from a European-American view of phenotypic and cultural differences. It continues to have significant consequences for AI/AN populations within the clinical-medical context. For clinicians, using this flawed category in medical decision making poses ethical challenges and has implications for patien…
Profit Makers vs Profit Takers
Thick Prescriptions
Anthropologists of medicine and science are increasingly studying all aspects of pharmaceutical industry practices-from research and development to the marketing of prescription drugs. This article ethnographically explores one particular stage in the life cycle of pharmaceuticals: sales and marketing. Drawing on a range of sources-investigative journalism, medical ethics, and autoethnography-the author examines the day-to-day activities of pharm…
Pharma PR or Medical Education
Harry A. Sweeney, Joel M. Roselin, Christy A. Rentmeester, Michael J. Oldani, Bert W. Rein, Greg Koski, Pharma PR or Medical Education?, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 2005), pp. 4-7
Pharmaceutical Reason
Uncanny Scripts
This article outlines a new social reality of global psycho-pharmaceutical prescribing: the pharmaceutical family, or `phamily.' Ethnographic case studies from Manitoba, Canada (2002 to 2004) show how pharmaceutical emplotment, involving a synergy between cultural and drug scripts, can have uncanny consequences for vulnerable groups, such as Aboriginal children. Observations and interview transcripts of high prescribing doctors are analyzed to un…
Special Issue for Anthropology & Medicine
The contributions to this special issue of Anthropology & Medicine nearly all revolve around the questions of who has autonomy and authority in decision-making, and whose influence matters in attem
Assessing the 'relative value' of diabetic patients treated through an incentivized, corporate compliance model
Primary Care clinics in the United States continue to incentivize doctors to adhere to clinical guidelines regarding record keeping and managing specific patient disorders. This paper offers a case study of a US physician working in a system of total compliance. This narrative will illustrate how a specific system has emerged that pays doctors an end-of-year bonus for achieving compliance in four specific areas: record keeping, service hours, cus…
Deep Pharma
Anthropological Engagements with Modern Psychotropy
Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans
Racial identity is a complex idea, particularly for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. The idea of a single AI/AN race developed from a European-American view of phenotypic and cultural differences. It continues to have significant consequences for AI/AN populations within the clinical-medical context. For clinicians, using this flawed category in medical decision making poses ethical challenges and has implications for patien…
Trauma-Informed Caring for Native American Patients and Communities Prioritizes Healing, Not Management
Addressing intergenerational trauma remains a public health priority in Native American (NA) communities. Clinicians working with NA patients must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider's perspective on NA past and present life in order to earn trust. This case considers an NA adolescent suffering from mental distress, possible substance use, and multiple traumas. The commentary argues that trauma-informed…
How Rohingya Language Educational Videos Help Improve Refugee Interprofessional Health Service Delivery in Milwaukee
Milwaukee has become home to one of the largest US populations of Rohingya refugees, who face barriers to health care, including poor service integration impeded by the absence of a formal written language. Clinicians also face barriers to delivering adequate, culturally attuned health services, so suboptimal outcomes are common. This article describes a community-based intervention using an interprofessional, multi-organizational, and ethnograph…
Papal Doctrines’ Deep Trauma Legacies in Minoritized Communities
Understanding papal documents from the 15th century and the nature and scope of their authority is important when working with Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities influenced by forces and structures of colonialism. Intergenerational trauma has deep roots, which require clinicians to understand historical and cultural context when working with vulnerable patients-in particular, young victims of child abuse and neglect
Interprofessional Practice and Education and Innovation
Hayden, Cori
Pharma-cology 101
Sociology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · History (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)