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Four military members standing in front of an American flag with rainbow-colored stripes.

Years after the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell”: how are we protecting transgender individuals in the military?

February 2, 2024 Discrimination, equality, gender-affirming care, LGBTQ, military, policy, transgender, VA, Veterans, Veterans Health Administration

Research continues to show that transgender individuals face worse mental health outcomes than their cisgender counterparts, including higher rates of suicide attempts and serious psychological

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“I Want a Doctor Who Looks Like Me!”: Managing Race-Based Patient Requests

October 18, 2022 Biases, Discrimination, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, race-based patient requests, racial/cultural concordance, Upstander

The similar-to-me effect is a cognitive bias related to the idea that people have a preference for those that are similar – look, act and think like us. Drs.

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Environmental justice: How physical, social, and structural surroundings impact health

April 29, 2022 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, Discrimination, ealth outcomes, Environment, Environmental Justice, ethics, Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health, Marginalized Communities, policy

The environment—everything from the water we drink to the conditions in which we live—impacts health. Environmental justice is a broad term or movement that at

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Intelligence and genetic essentialism

June 16, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Cody Brannan, Discrimination, DNA, Genetic Essentialism, Genetics, Genomics, Health Policy Program, Neuroethics, Neuroscience, Research, Science Policy

In 1869, Francis Galton reasoned that if human intellect was determined to be hereditary, then it “would be quite practicable to produce a highly-gifted race