The National Health Care for the Homeless Council supports clinicians serving 1 million patients per year in 300 Health Care for the Homeless federally qualified health centers and 100 medical respite programs.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(11):E835-839. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.835.
Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA and David Henderson, MD
Bigotry and discrimination predate the founding of the US, even if we only consider the status and treatment of Indigenous persons, enslaved Africans, and women.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(12):E907-911. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.907.
Sriya Bhattacharyya, PhD, Aaron S. Breslow, PhD, Jianee Carrasco, and Benjamin Cook, PhD, MPH
Force is codified in law, so force utilization inequity demands that we consider connections between systemic oppression and individuals’ responses in clinical settings.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(4):E340-348. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.340.
Eleanor Fleming, PhD, DDS, MPH, Julie Frantsve-Hawley, PhD, and Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA
Continued separation of dental and oral health from general medical care generates unnecessary prescriptions and pain management that are neither restorative nor responsive to patients’ primary complaints.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E48-56. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.48.
Training, service delivery, and financing are done separately in dentistry and general health care, which has influenced reimbursement structures, access to services, and outcomes.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E57-63. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.57.