Deaths of Despair: Why? What to Do?

Deaths of Despair: Why? What to Do? Affiliation F. Douglas Scutchfield MD, and C. William Keck MD, MPHF. Douglas Scutchfield is the Bosomworth professor emeritus in the College of Public Health and College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington. C. William Keck is professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Rm 212, 111 Washington Ave, Lexington, KY 40536-0003 (e-mail: [email protected]edu). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.CONTRIBUTORSBoth authors contributed equally to this article. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303992 Accepted: June 25, 2017 Published Online: September 13, 2017