Tagged Medical Education

A Legacy of Racism: Anti-Blackness in American Medicine

Rishi Samarth
Editorials, Policy, Public Health
August 17, 2020

After George Floyd’s murder by the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, the impact of systemic racism in American society has become clearer. To spread awareness, many healthcare activists on social media use the #whitecoats4blacklives to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and to bring to light the healthcare disparities between white…

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Do No Harm

Lauren Seidman
Policy, Sociocultural Perspectives
April 8, 2019

“Prinum Non Nocere”; Medical School Students say these lines in the Hippocratic Oath, pledging to do no harm. Traditionally this promise is made with the notion that physicians will do everything in their power to cure ailing patients. Yet, complications arise when doctors make decisions on who, and what to prioritize when they must provide…

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