On the road towards Health Equity: finding an intersection between public health and medicine
by Hawa Tunkara, MD (’23)
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Health Equity carries many definitions, but a central theme is: having equal opportunity to live a healthy life 12345. Physicians often find themselves taking care of a patient whose health is a product of factors they cannot not exactly control. We can all likely think of a patient whose social circumstance created barriers in their treatment plan. We are trained to take care of the patient in front of us. However, if healthy equity aligns with our work where is our place to tackle the structures that make our patient’s sick?