All of us are called upon to support candidates who personify respect, compassion, and empathy if we hope to realize a more fair and just future.

As health professionals, DACA recipients increase diversity in the health care work force and are well positioned to promote health equity.

Institutional racism mediates structural racism and is embedded in institutional policies, clinical practice, health professional training, and biomedical research.

This article offers a personal viewpoint on intersections among race, class, and culture and key roles each plays in motivating equitable, inclusive admissions.

Certificate of need programs need to be strengthened and updated to ensure consumers’ continuing access to care after hospital consolidations and mergers.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics' opinions related to decision-making capacity and competence and surrogate decision making.

False health-related speech can cause harm, but it’s not restricted unless it’s obscene. Physicians are obliged not only to correct patients’ false beliefs, but to engage digital spaces in which false claims thrive.

Professional society guidelines can be used to set standards for clinical practice instead of government. This approach could help if federal or state policymakers view discarding embryos as ethically equivalent to abortion.

False information undermines health and exacerbates disabilities. Constitutional rights to free speech come with responsibilities. Clinicians and citizens have duties to counter false health information.

To participate in physician workforce policy, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education must be protected from enforcement of antitrust law.