Medical Training in the Maelstrom: The Call to Physician Advocacy and Activism in Turbulent Times
| Autor: | Dereck W. Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics media_common.quotation_subject Black People Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology California Education 03 medical and health sciences Politics 0302 clinical medicine White supremacy Racism Political science Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Mass Media media_common Consumer Advocacy Equity (economics) business.industry Public health General Medicine Public relations Hatred Education Medical Graduate business Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 94(8) |
| ISSN: | 1938-808X |
| Popis: | In this Invited Commentary, the author probes current events overlapping with his early medical education for unwritten lessons. Today's generation of trainees studies the careful application of science to suffering in the roiling context of resurgent white supremacy, anti-immigrant hatred, climate disasters, contentious public health epidemics, and attacks on the structures undergirding access to health care for millions. The author reflects on the connections between sociopolitical events and his own experiences, as well as those of his classmates, friends, and family members. These experiences, he argues, have galvanized his and his fellow medical students' commitment to decency, truth, diversity, and equity. He concludes that, in the current climate, the practice of healing is inextricably tied to the social and political context, such that advocacy and activism have become essential to a career in medicine. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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