Per the document, health equity seeks to disrupt harmful narratives about individualism and meritocracy to replace them with alternatives grounded in critical race and gender theories.
The document argues that the way to fix health disparities is to develop a "Critical consciousness" among "Physicians and other health care workers." The guide exists to "Stimulate critical thinking about language, narrative and concept," not, of course, appendectomies or biopsies.
Instead of asking, "How can individuals protect themselves against health problems?," doctors should wonder, "What kind of public collective action is necessary to confront health inequity across identifiable populations?" A clear goal of health equity is to eradicate wrongthink.
After adopting such doublespeak, the next step for physicians towards health equity is an engagement in activism.
Concerningly, Duke University's School of Medicine lists "Health equity" as a central pillar of its program, and "Cultural Determinants of Health and Health Disparities" is a foundational, two-year course that every student must take.
What symptom will doctors overlook because their professors lectured about police brutality instead of diagnoses? Looking elsewhere in the Tar Heel State, Wake Forest University hosts a Center for Advancing Racial Equity, offers a certificate in health equity, and lists health equity as a core value.
Too, when medical schools focus on language games, re-education, and advocacy, they forgo the kind of practical training that will actually create the skilled surgeons and primary-care physicians who will ensure the best health outcomes.
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