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Critical theory is infecting everything. I’ve seen threads covering the impact on education (k-12 and university), the military, and the federal government. This thread is going to highlight the impact on medicine and the medical field.
On September 15, 2019 the JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) posted the results of a poll showing that 68.9% of respondents disagree with the following statement: “Medical school should produce physician scientists, not physician social justice activists”.
It is important to stop here and look at social justice in terms of critical theory in order to better understand social justice activists. http://NewDiscourses.com has the following notes on social justice:
As far back as 2012 there was a push to create social justice activists in medicine. There were “efforts to encourage medical students go beyond cultural competence and become fluent in the critical consciousness" 2012 Apr; 71(4 Suppl 1): 64–67" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3347740/
The key phrasing in the journal article is “become fluent in the critical consciousness”. More information on critical consciousness from http://NewDiscourses.com :
How have those in the medical field done with adopting a critical consciousness? Here is the first example - a February 2019 article in the NEJM by Dr. Deborah Cohan: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1814269
This 2019 article discusses “woke” medical schools: https://www.wsj.com/articles/take-two-aspirin-and-call-me-by-my-pronouns-11568325291?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/jhW7gM1M72
Here is on doctor -Dr. Marya- discussing heart disease and advocating for decolonization:
More from Dr. Marya , this time discussing diabetes
In this piece Dr. Marya discusses the justice study. Link here: https://bioneers.org/decolonizing-healthcare-addressing-social-stressors-in-medicine-ztvz1812/
As doctor Marya did in the example above, here are the Woke Doctors promoting decolonizing medicine:
More from Woke Doctors:
Other examples from the medical field:
Still more examples:
Even more examples of the impact of critical theory on the medical field:
Adopting critical theory is also causing uproars about journal articles in the medical field. In this thread Wokal Distance explained what activists in the medical field did to Dr. Wang: https://twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1291678348649717762?s=20
The fact that medical field has gone woke has lead to activism over health; even during a pandemic: https://twitter.com/wokal_distance/status/1293793387317878784?s=20
Wokal mentioned that "racism is a health issue" allows for hijacking the resources, credibility, and mission of the medical community in the service of the woke political agenda. Here The Dunedain Ranger did a thread on the ARPHA bill: https://twitter.com/DunedainRanger9/status/1303692666891374592?s=20
The fact that the medical field has actively adopted critical theory and a critical consciousness is very alarming.
Thank you to @ConceptualJames, @HPluckrose, @MikeNayna, @peterboghossian, @wokal_distance, @BenjaminABoyce and @realchrisrufo for your work explaining and calling out critical theory!
See also: CA - https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200110.360375/full/https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1307341561475346442?s=20
"If young teenagers can embrace activism and say #Enough by engaging in the political conversation, certainly physicians can too" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/its-time-for-more-physicians-to-embrace-advocacy/
"Medical schools are also trying to “move the needle” on social justice. YSM offers a “U.S. Health Justice” elective. First-year medical students are required to take a course -“Making the Invisible Visible: Art, Identity & Hierarchies of Power....” https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2019/12/how-medical-schools-are-polarizing-tomorrows-doctors/
The Institute for Antiracism in Medicine’s inaugural FREE CME course: “How to Be a Healthcare Antiracist”
Decolonize Nursing!
Adding in this thread: https://twitter.com/AmandaLuvsRoses/status/1311819131377811456?s=20
Trans activism and the medical field: https://twitter.com/MLaidlawMD/status/1319300638119841794?s=20
Also see this piece by Helena Kerschner https://newdiscourses.com/2020/08/trans-healthcare-manipulated-data-self-appointed-saviors/
The wrote a new Hippocratic oath to "addresses events that are still unfolding". They probably should've stuck with the original. https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1324157111471951873?s=20
The Institute for Healing & Justice in Medicine and The Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine & Health Justice thread: https://twitter.com/AmandaLuvsRoses/status/1317203086348341253?s=20
"How knowledge of medicine was obtained (White Western “objective” science) is problematic because it brings about inequities and injustices" https://twitter.com/DunedainRanger9/status/1326576643931037697?s=20
