Post Author: Monica Vela, MD, Dionne Blackman, MD, Deborah Burnet, MD, Marshall Chin, MD, Scott Cook, PhD, Karen Kim, MD, Edwin McDonald, MD, Doriane Miller, MD, Monica Peek, MD, MPH, and Milda Saunders, MD

Monica Vela, Dionne Blackman, Deborah Burnet, Marshall Chin, Scott Cook, Karen Kim, Edwin McDonald, Doriane Miller, Monica Peek, and Milda Saunders are members, The University of Chicago Department of Medicine Diversity Committee.

Racialized violence and health care’s call to action

Monica Vela, MD, Dionne Blackman, MD, Deborah Burnet, MD, Marshall Chin, MD, Scott Cook, PhD, Karen Kim, MD, Edwin McDonald, MD, Doriane Miller, MD, Monica Peek, MD, MPH, and Milda Saunders, MD

Policy

June 6, 2020

Over the last few months, we have faced a relentless pandemic and seen humans rising to serve the most critically ill. However, we have also borne witness to the relentless evidence of health and health care disparities during a time in our country’s history in which the discourse around race, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, class, and religion have reached a fever pitch of discord. We have become increasingly frustrated, …

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