Critical race theory tools of evaluating stock characters and counter stories can help clinicians and researchers illuminate experiences of those at the margins.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E212-217. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.212.
Carmen Black, MD, Emma Lo, MD, and Keith Gallagher, MD
Violence perpetrated against unarmed patients is common in health care, and evidence-based safety measures are needed to acknowledge and eradicate clinical violence.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E218-225. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.218.
Zahra H. Khan, MS, Yoshiko Iwai, MS, and Sayantani DasGupta, MD, MPH
In 2020, the authors of this article published “Abolition Medicine” as one contribution to international abolitionist conversations responding to widespread anti-Black police violence and inequity laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E239-246. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.239.
Dr Amy Watson joins Ethics Talk to discuss how crisis intervention teams can motivate efficiency and equity in tactical responses to 911 calls and what community mental health intervention might look like when we think beyond the limits of law enforcement response.
Defining typical appearance as a goal of health service provision is harmful and unnecessary for traits that are stigmatized but neither harmful nor distressing.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(7):E569-575. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.569.