The opioid crisis, maternal death, and COVID-19 underscore trust as foundational to public health and call for redefinition of what it means to be a US clinician.

There is great need for good teaching about how to have culturally appropriate conversations among clinicians, patients, and other stakeholders.

Force is codified in law, so force utilization inequity demands that we consider connections between systemic oppression and individuals’ responses in clinical settings.

Clinicians must express humility, understand local culture, collaborate, and develop an insider’s perspective on past and present life.

Pediatricians have obligations to find causes of children’s stress and respond with care to their clinical and social vulnerabilities.

Clinicians must advocate for decriminalization of SUDs during pregnancy and for improving access to comprehensive, evidence-based care.

“Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making.

Pain is the most common reason patients seek health care. The AMA Pain Care Task Force suggests how clinicians can offer good pain care and become savvy about situating themselves in the health care system to do so.

The health status of the US population remains poor when compared to that of similar nations. There are lessons for us from Cuba.

Health equity requires physician-dentist collaboration. What are next steps for integrating oral and general health care?