The article reviews the impact of a landmark report called “Unequal Treatment” that was published 20 years ago by the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine. The report revealed the pervasive and systemic racism in medicine that contributed to health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. (Read more).
20 years ago, a landmark report spotlighted systemic racism in medicine. Why has so little changed?
Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D. 