The impulse to divide the world into “us” and “them” can produce dangerous divisions. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says psychologist Jay Van Bavel, PhD.
Many White people have been convinced that health care reform takes their resources to benefit people of color, says sociologist Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD.
Anxiety, confusion, and distrust of institutions drive people to accept medical myths. A mother’s experience shows the allure of compelling, unproven tales.
Danielle Turnipseed, JD, MHSA, MPP, a former health policy advisor on Capitol Hill who has championed health equity and access to care, joins the AAMC.
Throughout their careers, these esteemed academic medicine faculty have had an outsized impact on medical education, patient care, and the biomedical sciences.
