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Can Family Medicine's Counterculture History Help Shape an Anti-Racist Future?
Daytheon Sturges1, Davis G Patterson2, Ian M Bennett2
1From the Department of Family Medicine, MEDEX Section, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (DS, JCL); Department of Family Medicine, Research Section, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (DGP, IMB). dsturges@uw.edu.
Abstract:
Family medicine prides itself on community engagement and has embraced its counterculture roots. After the racial and social reckoning of 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matters movement, family medicine, as a specialty, must embrace anti-racism as a core value to meet community needs. This article reflects on the foundational tenets of family medicine's origin. It highlights the current disparities regarding professional representation while offering equitable, intentional, and collaborative approaches to move toward and achieve anti-racism within the specialty, medical education, and the community.
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