Health Equity

Diagnosing and Treating Systemic Racism

Abstract: Police brutality against black people, and the systemic racism of which it is but one lethal manifestation, is a festering public health crisis.

Publication: NEJM

Date Published: June 10, 2020

Author(s): Michele K. Evans, M.D., Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D., Debra Malina, Ph.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.

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