Ethnocentrism, Racism, and the Misuse of Culture in US Medical Professional Organizations: The Case of Hospice and Palliative Care

Jeffrey T Berger^{1

2}, Dana Ribeiro Miller^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, USA. Jeffreyt.berger@nyulangone.org.
² Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 605, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA. Jeffreyt.berger@nyulangone.org.
³ NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 605, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA.

Editorial

Jeffrey T Berger et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Apr.

. 2024 Apr;39(5):847-850.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08721-x. Epub 2024 Mar 19.

Jeffrey T Berger^{1

2}, Dana Ribeiro Miller^{3

4}

¹ NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, USA. Jeffreyt.berger@nyulangone.org.
² Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 605, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA. Jeffreyt.berger@nyulangone.org.
³ NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 605, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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