Structural Racism in Medicine and Health Care

Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, of @Northwestern Medicine, and David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, of@Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health join JAMA Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD, to discuss racism and structural racism in health care and medicine. Recorded March 16, 2021.

Topics discussed in this interview:
0:00 Introduction
1:01 JAMA statement on structural racism
2:16 Structural racism in medicine
7:39 Diversity in the health care workforce
10:24 Health care disparities
13:02 Understanding why "racism" is a charged term for White individuals?
17:22 Are we at an inflection point?
23:48 Changes needed in health care
26:08 Changes needed in the US
28:40 Cardiovascular medicine, social sciences, and public health
32:19 The role of journals
38:00 Closing remarks

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