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Do No Harm: A Call for Decarceration in Hospitals

Bill of Health

As an emergency medicine resident at a large academic hospital in Los Angeles, I see how incarcerated patients’ suffering is sanctioned by hospitals and medical professionals, despite their pledge to do no harm. J was brought to the Emergency Department with a cough, but after a test, we learned he was COVID positive.

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Health Disparities in America: JAMA Talks Structural Racism in U.S. Health Care

Health Populi

In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care,” begins the editorial introducing an entire issue of JAMA dedicated to racial and ethnic disparities and inequities in medicine and health care, published August 17, 2021. health care. than on white people.

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The 2021 Shkreli Awards: Lown Institute Counts Down the Top 10 Healthcare Industry Abuses in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Health Populi

7: Hospitals punish professionals for wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in institutions. Early in the pandemic, many hospitals around the country took various punitive actions against staff who spoke out about safety issues on the front line of caring for patients diagnosed with COVID-19. government. . #10