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How policing can benefit from medicine’s evidence-based approach

AMA delegates say there are lessons that police could draw from physicians on how to scrutinize and prevent unwanted outcomes. Learn more.

Injury & Violence

Achieving optimal health for all

The AMA is confronting inequity at the system and community level to bring health equity to marginalized and minoritized communities in the U.S.

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AMA adopts policy addressing evidence-based policing reform

New policy builds on previous efforts to address the impact of police violence on health.

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Tear gas fills the air as people confront police outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters
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AMA: Time to develop better methods of crowd control

Even less-lethal weapons can cause harm, as seen during 2020’s protests. New AMA policy calls for standards for their use to reduce injury and death.

Injury & Violence
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Out-of-hospital pharmacologic intervention by nondoctors poses risks

Ketamine and other drugs are used to subdue agitated people outside the hospital. The AMA outlines improvements for first responders.

Injury & Violence
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New AMA policy opposes “excited delirium” diagnosis

New policy addresses reports that show use of “excited delirium," pharmacological interventions such as ketamine as justification for excessive police force

Press Releases
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AMA statement on police brutality in Chicago

Adam Toledo’s death must be a catalyst to dismantle structural racism in our city and our society.

Press Releases
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AMA statement on recent incidents of police brutality

Killing of Daunte Wright shows that police violence is a manifestation of structural racism.

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Police brutality, health inequity: 8 ways medical faculty can respond

Learn how medical schools can offer supportive approaches to help address systemic racism, police brutality and COVID-19 inequities.

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Law enforcement’s excessive use of force is a public health issue

AMA House of Delegates adopts policy declares police brutality a manifestation of structural racism. Among other steps, anti-bias training is in order.

Injury & Violence