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.
A physician discusses the disparity of care for uninsured or underinsured cancer patients in terms of their time of diagnosis, treatment, and clinical outcomes.
When identifying underrepresented subgroups deserving of special recruitment efforts for research participation, social determinants of health other than race should be given more consideration.
Disparities in children’s mental health care could be addressed through expansion of school-based programs via passage of the Mental Health in Schools Act.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1218-1224. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.pfor1-1612.
Refusals of psychotropic medication by detained criminal defendants raise conflicting dual loyalties for psychiatrists between the duty to treat a patient and the duty to protect society from that patient.