Racism in medicine

ur new report published in examined four the the and the fewer than 1% included the word anywhere in the text. And among the few articles that did, upwards of 90% were predominantly opinion pieces, not scientific investigations. In a field that maligns anecdotal evidence, our examination found that the primary “evidence” published about racism was people’s scholarly opinions. That alarms us. Racism threatens and shortens lives. It is a public-health crisis. It is past time for the world’s leading medical journals to name racism, publish evidence on how racism harms health and articulate how dismantling racism can prevent health inequities.