The AAMC Center for Health Justice has partnered with the American Medical Association (AMA) to release a guide to language, narrative, and concepts in health equity in medicine. It’s long overdue.
The devastating toll of COVID-19 on Black and Brown communities has brought to light what those of us who work in the fields of health equity and population health have known for years — that the health of some of us affects the health of all of us, and that, in order to improve the health of all, we must acknowledge and address the deeply ingrained beliefs, systems, and structures that have perpetuated inequities for far too long.
