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Ethics Talk: Embodied History, Health Justice, and COVID-19, Part 2

In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

Click here to read the transcript.

Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 1 of this conversation is here.

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Aug 2020

Professionalism Systems-Based Practice

Audio

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.

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