A Policy Statement of the Society of General Internal Medicine on Tackling Racism in Medical Education: Reflections on the Past and a Call to Action for the Future

Overview

Journal J Gen Intern Med

Publisher Springer

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Jan 23

PMID 33483823

Citations 17

Authors

Eloho Ufomata

Sarah Merriam

Aditi Puri

Katherine Lupton

Darlene LeFrancois

Danielle Jones

Attila Nemeth

Laura K Snydman

Rachel Stark

Carla Spagnoletti

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