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.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(3):E265-270. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.265.
A portrait illuminates a metaphor for maldistribution of burden of disease, risk exposure, and long-standing inequity in health laid bare to the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(3):E283-284. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.283.
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.
Dr Paris Adkins-Jackson proposes how to measure racism in academic health centers, as one responsibility of medicine is to rebuild trust with marginalized communities.