Amy Scharf, MS, Louis Voigt, MD, Santosha Vardhana, MD, PhD, Konstantina Matsoukas, MLIS, Lisa M. Wall, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCNS, HEC-C, Maria Arevalo, RN, OCN, and Lisa C. Diamond, MD, MPH
Patients’ cultural, religious, and social norms deserve respect, but some decisions’ effects on patients’ outcomes can be unjust and ethically troubling.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(2):E97-108. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.97.
Shilpa Darivemula, MD, MS, Sriya Bhumi, MBA, and Jenn Pamela Chowdhury, MS
Indian classical dance illuminates a collaborative, narrative approach to interrogating ethnic and racial biases in clinical jargon and their roles in inequitable health care practice.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E276-280. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.276.
Drs Jewel Mullen and David Henderson break down myths of “merit-based” admissions and explore how we should pursue diversity and inclusion as key educational and professional priorities in medicine.