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Holding Them Accountable: Organizational Commitments to Ending Systemic Anti‐Black Racism in Medicine and Public Health.

Source :
Hastings Center Report. Mar2022 Supplement S1, Vol. 52 Issue 1, pS46-S49. 4p.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

In this essay, I detail commitments that some of the major health organizations—the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—have made to addressing anti‐Black racism and discuss their policies meant to curtail racism's effects on health equity. Although these organizations' historical lack of action has contributed to a culture of anti‐Black racism in health care and public health and many Black people have suffered because of it, progress has to begin somewhere, and outlining their future actions is a good start. Now, bioethicists, with our expertise in how historic policies connect to contemporary disparate health outcomes and access to health care, are in a position to hold these organizations accountable for fulfilling their commitments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00930334
Volume :
52
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Hastings Center Report
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
156525006
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1370