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A clarion call for change: The MLP imperative to center racial discrimination and structural health inequities

Matthew DB, Benfer EA
J Law Med Ethics

Across the country, legal and health care professionals who understand that health outcomes are most influenced by social and environmental conditions have improved patient health by adopting the interdisciplinary MLP health care delivery model. However, the MLP field cannot advance population health, let alone long-term health equity, until it addresses the structural determinants of health inequity that are rooted in discrimination, segregation, and other forms of racial and ethnic subordination.

Matthew DB, Benfer EA. A clarion call for change: the MLP imperative to center racial discrimination and structural health inequities. J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(4):735-747. DOI:10.1017/jme.2023.153. PMID: 38477284

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