The JAMA controversy and loss of conversation in medicine

My take on what went down at the Journal of the American Medical Association. I disagree with the comment there isn't "structural racism in health care", but was the backlash against the Editor who didn't say it (and actually opposed the comment) an over-reaction? Can we have discussions about the controversial issues that affect healthcare (like gun violence or abortion) without cancel culture cancelling the people who want to have nuanced discussions? I fear we lost the ability to have dialogue in a field where every MD/DO/PA/NP by definition has an advanced degree - and therefore we should be able to dispute misinformed statements to bring about change without the outrage going so far as to fire a person who actually objected to the hurtful statement.

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The JAMA controversy and loss of conversation in medicine is an episode from Hospital and Internal Medicine Podcast by Gil Porat, M.D., FACP, CPT.

This episode is 19:01 long.

This episode was published on Apr 5, 2021.

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