Dr Lisa M. Lee joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Anita L. Allen: "How Should Clinicians Own Their Roles as Past and Present Exacerbators of Health Inequity and as Present and Future Contributors to Health Equity?”

Dr Evelyn Ainsley McWilliams joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Lisa Bayer: “How Should Intensity and Duration of Pain Inform Standard of Care for Pain Management in Non-Labor and Delivery OB/GYN Procedures?”

Dr Crystal M. Hayes joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Anu Manchikanti Gomez: “Alignment of Abolition Medicine With Reproductive Justice.”

Thoughtful, intentional action and consistent, clear communication are key in these clinical encounters.

Abolition medicine and reproductive justice are synergistic approaches that advance a radical vision of a racially just world.

To improve health outcomes, clinicians must move quickly yet operate slowly enough to center empathy in practice.

Algorithms use race as an epidemiological shorthand, but clinically influential historical, social, and cultural determinants of health are still sources of variability.

Pain during gynecologic exams and procedures is dismissed, not recognized, and undertreated by some clinicians.

Algunos médicos ignoran, no reconocen y no tratan el dolor durante los exámenes y procedimientos ginecológicos.

More cesarean deliveries among Black and Hispanic women in the United States has long demonstrated racial inequity in obstetrical care.