AMA Journal of Ethics

Leaders from a coalition of environmental, human rights, and religious organizations talk about the need to enact a nationwide moratorium on utilities shutoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aligning merit-based approaches with holistic approaches and equitable candidate evaluation can improve admissions processes, support learners, and improve patient care.

The opioid crisis, maternal death, and COVID-19 underscore trust as foundational to public health and call for redefinition of what it means to be a US clinician.

The health status of the US population remains poor when compared to that of similar nations. There are lessons for us from Cuba.

LaShyra Nolen, the first Black woman to serve as Harvard Medical School’s student council president, joins us to discuss health equity, community engagement, and the future of health professional school curricular design.

One health system’s development and validation of inequity measures across patient groups demonstrates an approach that could be nationally scalable.

Christopher Ogolla talks about applying equal protection under the US Constitution to advance health equity.

Alisson Sesso talks about the devastating impacts of medical debt and how the nonprofit organization, RIP Medical Debt, helps to abolish this financial burden.

Physicians and pharmacists play key roles in addressing social determinants of health and health inequity.

Institutional racism mediates structural racism and is embedded in institutional policies, clinical practice, health professional training, and biomedical research.