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Gun Violence, Opioid Epidemic are the Hot Topics at AMA Annual Meeting
The nation’s top physicians’ group, the American Medical Association (AMA), encouraged action on the part of government to curb the impact of both gun violence and drug abuse in its 2018 Annual Meeting in Chicago. “In emergency rooms across the country, the carnage of gun violence has become a too routine experience,” said AMA Immediate Past President David O. Barbe, MD, MHA at the meeting. “Every day, physicians are treating suicide victims, victims of domestic partner violence, and men and women simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. It doesn’t have to be this way, and we urge lawmakers to act.” Under review: Other major topics included public health and infrastructure issues, the drug crisis, patient advocacy, health equity across the spectrum of race and incomes, efficiency and cost of care, and artificial intelligence. The AMA also passed a resolution that condemns the current U.S. practice of separating children from their parents at the border as part of a zero-tolerance policy instituted by the Department of Justice, a news release noted. The policy “will do great harm” to children and could “create negative health impacts that will last an individual’s entire lifespan,” added the Resolution. New leadership: Oncologist and patient advocate, Barbara L. McAneny, MD, was inaugurated as the 2018 AMA President while psychiatrist Patrice A. Harris, MD was voted in as the President-elect for 2019. Resource: To read more about the AMA’s 2018 Annual Meeting, visit https://wire.ama-assn.org/ama-news/top-10-stories-2018-ama-annual-meeting.
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