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In 2021, the AMA published a plan to dismantle "structural racism" which would encourage "explicit conversations about power, racism, gender and class oppression, forms of discrimination and exclusion", and utilize [[critical race theory]].<ref name="AP">{{cite news | date = May 12, 2021 | title = American Medical Association issues an anti-racism plan for itself, the field of medicine | url = https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5/12/22432730/american-medical-association-racism-antiracism-plan | work = Chicago Sun Times}}</ref> Its "Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts" document asked "questions about language and commonly used phrases and terms, with the goal of cultivating awareness about dominant narratives and offering equity-based, equity-explicit, and person-first alternatives."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts |url=https://www.ama-assn.org/about/ama-center-health-equity/advancing-health-equity-guide-language-narrative-and-concepts-0 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=American Medical Association |language=en}}</ref>
In an AMA podcast in 2021, the host stated "structural racism is an unfortunate term to describe a very real problem," and that "taking racism out of the conversation would help" to ensure "all people who lived in disadvantaged circumstance have equal opportunities to become successful and have better qualities of life," <ref>{{Cite web |last=Podcast |first=JAMA |date=February 23, 2021 |title=JAMA Podcast Transcript |url=https://canvas.emory.edu/courses/86982/pages/jama-podcast-transcript |access-date=October 25, 2023 |website=Emory Canvas Course Page}}</ref> a point made identically by Barack Obama the next year <ref>{{Cite web |last=Obama |first=Barack |date=October 22, 2022 |title=Obama's Advice for Democrats |url=https://crooked.com/podcast/obamas-advice-for-democrats/ |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=Crooked Podcasts}}</ref> This led to the resignation of the deputy editor of ''[[JAMA]]'', resignation of the editor-in-chief,<ref name="AP"/> and the hiring of a Black editor-in-chief the next year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Asplund |first=Jon |date=April 11, 2022 |title=AMA hires first person of color as JAMA editor-in-chief |work=Crain's Chicago Business |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ama-hires-dr-kirsten-bibbins-domingo-editor-chief-jama |access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref>
=== '''Position on Israel-Hamas War''' ===
One week after the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians October 7, 2023, the AMA posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) that it condemned "all forms of oppression, including terrorism, racism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia, and share in collective grief and hope for peace throughout the entire region." The organization subsequently deleted the post.
On November 9 the AMA issued a follow-up statement that it "stands with the physicians and health care personnel who are on the frontlines of [the] crisis and throughout the world who are risking their lives to provide crucial medical care to anyone who is injured; it also urged medical neutrality and said it supports "efforts to deliver humanitarian aid and medical supplies to those facing a humanitarian crisis."<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2023 |title=Statement from the AMA Board of Trustees |url=https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/statement-ama-board-trustees |url-status=live |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=American Medical Association}}</ref>
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