A November 16 blog post detailed several new initiatives from the AMA's policy-focused body, the AMA House of Delegates, to acknowledge and address racism in the medical industry.
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Recent polling by The Undefeated & the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 70% of Black Americans who faced discrimination in health care said they felt the treatment was intentional.
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A recent study found that Black children are also three times more likely to die from surgery than their non-Black counterparts. Black women suffer from a higher rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. than white mothers, as well.
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In its statement, the AMA says these disparities constitute 'structural racism,' as well as 'racism and unconscious bias within medical research and health care delivery.'
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The organization added that, while some of its previous policies 'have emphasized the need to eliminate health disparities and called on physicians to prevent violence of all kinds...
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the new policy explicitly acknowledges racism’s role in perpetuating health inequities and inciting harm against historically marginalized communities and society as a whole.'
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The policies will require the AMA's governing body to focus efforts on eliminating racial injustice in the medical field.
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In the past few months, several counties across the nation similarly declared racism a public health threat on the heels of nationwide protests for racial justice following the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
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