General Resources

Articles

Inequity and Iatrogenic Harm | Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org)

How to Measure Racism in Academic Health Centers | Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org)

Racism in Obstetrics and Gynecology | ACOG

Racial Biology and Medical Misconceptions | NEJM

Invisibility of Anti-Asian Racism | Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org)

On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities: This article reviews recent literature on the impact of race and racism in studies and how many of these articles carry bias on analyzing race.

An Antiracist Agenda for Medicine | Boston Review

From race-based to race-conscious medicine: how anti-racist uprisings call us to act

Call to Action to All Surgery Journal Editors for Diversity in the Editorial and Peer Review Process, JAMA Surgery 2020, An article that outlines the issues and backlash surrounding the article  “Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons” by Hardouin et al, the gender discrimination and ignorance in the peer review process, and the gender bias in the critique article, calling for increased diversity in the peer review process. 

Systemic Racism: Pharmacists’ Role and Responsibility,This article discusses the role of pharmacists in addressing systemic racism.

NEJM Dismantling Structural Racism, Supporting Black Lives and Achieving Health Equity: Our Role

Some Advice for Minorities and Women on the Receiving End of Health Disparities

How do we move forwards? An opinion article in the Juggernaut, This article tackles the delicate concept of brown-black unity when it comes to fighting racial inequities in the United States.

Implicit Bias in Medicine — Race & Medicine (raceandmedicine.com)

The Problem with Implicit Bias Training - Scientific American

Frontiers | Abandon “Race.” Focus on Racism | Public Health (frontiersin.org): An article hoping to encourage discussion on the value of removing the term ‘race’ to address racism in medicine.

Community Engaged Culturally Sensitive Pharmacy Design: An article introducing culturally sensitive pharmacy design

A long shot: The importance of needle length in vaccinating patients with obesity against COVID-19: An article discussing equity in terms of medical equipment and safety for patients with diverse body types.

How Public Health Took Part in Its Own Downfall - The Atlantic

Namaste Nation – Orientalism and Yoga in the 21st Century (rumyaputcha.com)

Cultural Humility Versus Cultural Competence: A Critical Distinction in Defining Physician Training Outcomes in Multicultural Education (nhchc.org)

Association Between Racial Wealth Inequities and Racial Disparities in Longevity Among US Adults and Role of Reparations Payments, 1992 to 2018 | Health Disparities | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network: A case for reparations

Documentaries

Documentaries on Reproductive Justice: A series of short videos to introduce Reproductive Justice to medical students and residents, excellent for didactics

Health for Sale: How Big Pharma worsens the race and Big Pharma

Unnatural Causes: This excellent documentary gives harrowing examples of racism in medical care and for providers of color, and comes with a discussion guide. A good opener to this discussion for a didactics curriculum. There is also a page full of other documentaries to address these topics.

Belly of the beast: On Forced Sterilizations in the Incarcerated Population

Ethics

Ethical Concerns for Performing Gynecologic Surgery in Low Resource Settings Abroad, This Committee Opinion outlines ethical considerations to take before, during, and after providing OB-GYN care in international locations. It emphasizes issues around consent, resources, skill level, and cultural considerations as well as building and supporting efforts to create self-sustainable care in these communities.

ACOG Committee Opinion: Healthcare for Unauthorized Immigrants, A brief review of legal rights and ACOG’s recommendations for addressing the unique healthcare needs of immigrant women

Race, Research, and Women's Health Best Practice Guidelines for Investigators, This commentary addresses misconceptions about race and provides recommendations for the appropriate use of race in research, to avoid perpetuating racism in women's health research.

Playing God (radiolab.org)

TedX Talks

The link between health and racism | TED Talks: A Series of Talks on Racism and Medicine

Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality | TED Talk 

Grand Rounds: Creating a Equity Based Workforce by Dr. Esther Choo

Dr. Camara Jones:  Allegories on Race and Racism |TEDxEmory Talk

Video from Sistersong: The Origin of WOC

Dr. Lisa Cooper: Why are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?

J. Nwando Olayiwola: Combating Racism and Place-ism in Medicine | TED Talk

Beyond Flexner: social mission in medical education | Fitzhugh Mullan | TEDxFoggyBottom - YouTube

Cultural Humility: People, Principles and Practices - Part 1 of 4 - YouTube