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. 2021 Sep;28(9):1084-1086.
doi: 10.1111/acem.14303.

Reforming the health care system to address structural racism

Teresa Y Smith  1 , Chinwe Ogedegbe  2   3 , Aaron Arredondo  4 , Marie-Laure Romney  5 , Jerome R Hoffman  6 , Lewis R Goldfrank  4 , Kamini Doobay  4
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Reforming the health care system to address structural racism

Teresa Y Smith et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Sep.
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Keywords: continuing education; curriculum; departments; faculty development; health care disparities; institutions; medical education; racism; research design.

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