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3 Min Read

Homeless health care, ending homelessness are matters of justice

Learn more about physicians’ ethical obligations to patients who are experiencing homelessness.

Ethics
Tents in public
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3 Min Read

Why a patient’s housing qualifies as a health care treatment

Poor health is a primary outcome of experiencing homelessness and, as with so much else, the COVID-19 pandemic made a growing problem even worse.

Population Health
A woman, looking distressed, sitting in front of moving boxes.
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4 Min Read

Supreme Court allows CDC’s eviction moratorium to stand—for now

With a short window before the moratorium’s July 31 expiration, court keeps ban in place. Discover why this is an important ruling for patients’ health.

Judicial Advocacy
A desk with a PPE face mask and bottle of hand sanitizer.
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3 Min Read

Medical students help homeless people stay safe from COVID-19

Learn how a group of medical student AMA members has worked to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among homeless people in the nation’s capital.

Med Student Advocacy
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6 Min Read

Nov. 13, 2020: Judicial Advocacy Update

7 major downsides if the ACA is overturned by Supreme Court in the latest Judicial Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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7 Min Read

Q&A: Adversity drives medical student’s congressional advocacy

Having experienced homelessness as a teenager, medical student Reilly Bealer aspires to address health care inequities through her position with the AMA.

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Med Student Advocacy
Succeeding in Medical School
Homeless person sleeping on sidewalk
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8 Min Read

How Chicago doctors work to limit COVID-19 spread among homeless

“Stay home, save lives” is a helpful public health slogan for most, but impossible for people without a dwelling. Learn what physicians at Rush University Medical Center are doing to help.

Population Health
Aleesha Shaik, MD, MPH
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5 Min Read

Aleesha Shaik, MD, MPH: Giving a voice to those without homes

AMA member Aleesha Shaik, MD, MPH, started a project to speak with homeless people across the country and better understand this public health crisis.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
Delegates at the AMA Annual Meeting
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3 Min Read

Homeless people need more help, not stays in jail: AMA

People living on the streets are at higher risk of health problems, and laws that criminalize their existence only worsen their troubles.

Population Health