{"id":2150,"date":"2026-02-26T22:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:18:41","slug":"jocalyn-clark-doctors-were-complicit-in-epsteins-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/jocalyn-clark-doctors-were-complicit-in-epsteins-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Jocalyn Clark: Doctors were Complicit in Epstein&#8217;s Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Recent coverage of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s abuse has focused public attention on the case, yet Jocalyn Clark highlights that this focus often obscures critical issues: the rights, health, and pursuit of justice for survivors, as well as the role of the medical profession in enabling harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s analysis of the &#8216;Epstein files&#8217; reveals that prominent physicians contributed to legitimizing Epstein, providing access and a sense of safety that shielded those in power and perpetuated harm. Examined through a global health justice perspective, this case illustrates how proximity to wealth and status can undermine professional integrity, and how institutional responses may prioritize reputation over accountability. The implications are clear: responses to gender-based violence must foreground survivors\u2019 rights and health, recognize such violence as a significant health concern, and ensure that institutional processes move beyond documentation toward meaningful investigation and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/392\/bmj.s351\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent coverage of Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s abuse has focused public attention on the case, yet Jocalyn Clark highlights that this focus often obscures critical issues: the rights, health, and pursuit of justice for survivors, as well as the role of the medical profession in enabling harm. Clark\u2019s analysis of the &#8216;Epstein files&#8217; reveals that prominent physicians contributed to legitimizing Epstein, providing access and a sense of safety that shielded those in power and perpetuated harm. Examined through a global health justice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"media_type_reference":[],"class_list":["post-2150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-structural-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2152,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions\/2152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"media_type_reference","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalhealthjustice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type_reference?post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}