Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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6 reasons to join the AMA
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AMA in the News: December 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for December 2020.

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AMA in the News
AMA in the News
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Why stigma prevents treating menstrual hygiene as essential

Lifetime costs for tampons add up to nearly $2,000. Learn what medical students and doctors can do to fight the harmful effects of “period poverty.”

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Barbara McAneny, MD, discusses new challenges facing Native American populations during COVID-19 [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the new challenges facing Native American populations during the pandemic.

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Population Health
AMA Update Podcast
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AMA medical education experts discuss the Fauci effect

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the emerging phenomena known as the “Fauci effect” as well as medical education-related trends.

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AMA Update
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Physicians will play key role building trust in COVID-19 vaccine

AMA is here to help you answer patients’ vaccine questions as you urge them to keep following the three W’s to limit SARS-CoV-2’s deadly spread.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Race-based medicine is wrong. How should physicians oppose it?

Race is a social construct, not a biological or genetic category. Learn how to help dismantle practices based on the false idea of racial essentialism.

Health Equity
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Prioritizing Equity video series: Trustworthiness & Vaccines

In the latest AMA's Prioritizing Equity series, experts discuss misinformation, trustworthiness and strategies to handle vaccine hesitancy among patients and health care professionals.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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How medical schools are redoubling fight against racism in medicine

The structural elements of racism that exist in other areas of society also prevail in medical education. Learn what medical schools are doing about it.

Medical School Diversity
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Barbara McAneny, MD, discusses new challenges facing Native American populations during COVID-19

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the new challenges facing Native American populations during the pandemic.

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Population Health
AMA Update