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. 2023 Nov;39(4):673-686.
doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2023.04.009. Epub 2023 May 10.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Considerations in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient

Anita N Chary  1 , Lauren Cameron-Comasco  2 , Kalpana N Shankar  3 , Margaret E Samuels-Kalow  4
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Considerations in the Geriatric Emergency Department Patient

Anita N Chary et al. Clin Geriatr Med. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

This article introduces core topics in health equity scholarship and provides examples of how diversity, equity, and inclusion impact the aging population and emergency care of older adults. It offers strategies for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion to both strengthen the patient-clinician therapeutic relationship and to address operations and systems that impact care of the geriatric emergency department patient.

Keywords: Culture; Diversity; Emergency medicine; Equity; Geriatrics; Inclusion; Social determinants of health; Structural inequities.

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Conflict of interest statement

DISCLOSURE

The authors have no commercial or financial conflicts of interest. A.N. Chary receives support from the HVA HSR&D C for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (CIN13-413).

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