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A systems-level approach to transforming health care centers structural racism as a root cause of disparities, offering a collective ...
Since reopening its level 1 trauma center in 2018, leaders at the University of Chicago Medicine have developed community-focused ...
One of the pathways by which structural racism drives health inequity is through differential access and care provided by health care institutions. While racial inequities in care delivery and ...
Asian Americans encompass a diverse and expanding conglomerate of over 50 ethnicities. As a result of the influx of skilled immigrants following the U.S. 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, Asian ...
More than half of NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members say that structural racism affects patient care in their organizations, particularly in the United States. Chandra Ford is the Guest Editor for ...
Owing to multiple health factors predating incarceration and environmental exposures during it, incarcerated people may face increased need to access medical care either in carceral facilities or ...
Wholesalers are, in short, intermediaries focused on volume and price. They do create essential value by getting goods from where they are made to retailers who can sell them, and they do care about ...
Addressing the health impacts of racism and other structural inequities requires addressing power inequities that exclude people from influencing the policies and practices that affect their health.
Racism in the field of health care is well-documented and generally accepted as a problem. Within a given hospital or clinical department, however, leadership teams often have blind spots to the ways ...
Naming structural racism. It is difficult to address a problem while denying its existence. Two pieces in this issue offer insights into how to identify the potential impact of structural racism on ...