Health Equity

Acknowledging its ‘white patriarchy’ and racist past, the AMA pledges to dismantle causes of health inequities

Abstract: The report catalogues many of the ways the AMA has excluded Black, brown, and Native physicians, espoused racism, and harmed people of color.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: May 11, 2021

Author(s): Usha Lee McFarling

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