Racism is a root cause of health inequities, differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unfair. Yet, many people, including physicians, are often unaware of the origins of race as a social construction and the emergence of scientific racism. As a…
The National Health Equity Grand Rounds is a live virtual event series that will highlight the root causes of present-day health inequities by tracing the historical and contemporary social, economic, political, geographic, and environmental forces that shape opportunities for health…
While burnout and suicide are very much organizational problems and not individual ones, this toolkit covers both what individuals can do and what actions organizations can take to address these problems and provide support.
Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) is a powerful new addition to the treatments available for patients living with HIV, but broad acceptance and uptake could be compromised by what we know about patients’ and clinicians’ experiences with long-acting injectable antipsychotics…
This commentary examines the appropriateness of a clinician’s deceiving a patient who will not discuss lifesaving therapy through the lens of solidarity, a key professional ethical value. Clinicians’ awareness of social determinants of many patients’ increased vulnerability to HIV infection…
HIV/AIDS exceptionalism promoted compassion, garnered funding, built institutions, and shaped regulatory and research agendas under emergency conditions. Globally, however, HIV/AIDS exceptionalism has further fragmented fragile health service delivery systems in vulnerable, marginalized communities and created perverse incentives to influence seropositive…
This article considers merits and drawbacks of “undetectable = untransmissible” (U = U) messaging in the global HIV response. First, viral suppression might be achieved with effective treatment, but not everyone living with HIV has access to such intervention and…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about the rise of states of “chronic emergency,” how health care workers can be protected when working conflict zones, and how…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on how decisions about demographic data collection have the power to illuminate or obscure health inequity and the work that the…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast on dietary supplement safety and the limited legal means of reining in social media influencers’ advertisements about dietary supplements. Featured guests…
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