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Effect of Trump White House on healthcare
Reforming diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to prioritise evidence based strategies
BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r677 (Published 09 April 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:r677
- Sonali Sharma, researcher1,
- Elsie T Nguyen, associate professor of radiology2,
- Kevin Ibach, clinical instructor1,
- Tracey Hillier, associate professor3,
- Charlotte J Yong-Hing, clinical associate professor1
- 1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 3Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Department, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- sonali{at}alumni.ubc.ca
The movement to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in healthcare threatens to reverse decades of progress towards tackling systemic inequities that harm marginalised patients and providers. Critiques of bureaucratic or performative DEI efforts should not justify abandoning the mission altogether. Instead, the solution lies in reforming DEI to prioritise evidence based strategies. Studies show that racial concordance between patients and physicians improves trust, communication, and …
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