The American Medical Association (AMA) this week recognized racism as a “serious threat to public health,” and adopted new policies aimed at tackling its impact on health care and medical research.
The organization said racism within medical research and health care deliveries has harmed marginalized communities, and poses a barrier to appropriate medical care.
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It also supports ending using race as a proxy for biology in medical education, research and clinical practice.
The delegates also adopted measures aimed at ending “racial essentialism,” the idea that belief in a genetic or biological essence defines everyone in a race.
In a related move, the delegates also adopted a policy recognizing police brutality as a “manifestation of structural racism” that disproportionately impacts people of color.
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