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Black Doctors Say Plan To Tackle Racism In Medicine Falls Short
In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois. On May 11, 2021, the American Medical Association released a comprehensive plan aimed at dismantling structural racism inside its own ranks and within the U.S. medical establishment.
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A plan by the nationâs largest doctorsâ group to dismantle racism in the U.S. medical establishment does not go far enough, two local experts told GBH News.
The American Medical Association said the plan, released Tuesday, has been in the works for over a year. But the groups' leaders say that health inequities highlighted by the pandemic, ongoing police brutality and recent race-based crimes have given the effort a sense of urgency.
People wait in line for COVID-19 testing at the Lynn Community Health Center on Monday. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
It’s 2 a.m. on a Saturday in November. A 3 year old cries out in his sleep. His curls are matted to his forehead with sweat. A thermometer beeps: 103.9.
Erin Sanders curls up next to her son. As a nurse practitioner, Sanders knows a high fever is concerning. In the wee hours of this fall morning, those worries are compounded. Fourteen days earlier, someone in his child care had tested positive for the coronavirus.
“You could literally be exposed anywhere," Sanders said. "Even if you’re just being safe and doing all of the right things, the virus is running rampant through our country right now. I think that’s what’s so scary for a lot of people, and a lot of parents, specifically.”