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Military rank affects medical care, offering societal insights: Study
Human relationships are inherently shaped by power dynamics, yet quantifying their impact has remained a scientific challenge.
phys.org
... and this from the story ...... we provide careful, rigorous evidence of the “long shadow” of power: the idea that power in one domain of life can spill over to unrelated domains (here, from the military to the clinical), causing distortions in behavior and resource allocation in both. Furthermore, we show that the powerful may unwittingly “steal” resources from less-powerful individuals, in line with other research showing negative spillovers from dominant to marginalized groups in shared spaces ...
Study available here, as well as lots of supplementary material here - study also attached as PDF in case other links don't work for you.