AAPS Calls for Elimination of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Ideology from Medicine
17 Junio 2024 - 12:34PM
In a statement adopted on June 17, the Association of American
Physicians and Surgeons calls for “urgent actions … to eliminate
the destructive ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ ideology from
every aspect of the medical profession before it is too late.”
DEI “is infiltrating the practice of medicine through medical
schools, biomedical research, hiring practices, and government
regulations. Intrusion of DEI ideology into medical education and
medical care is dangerous for patients and compels AAPS to issue
this statement.”
Harmful real-world examples of DEI in medicine, AAPS observes,
include:
- potentially illegal race-based medical school admission
requirements that minimize merit-based standards;
- Medicare rules penalizing doctors for not adopting race-based
discriminatory policies that detract from treating patients as
individuals; and
- States adopting policies that prioritize patient access to
treatment based on their race.
The AAPS statement notes: “The ethical foundation of medical
care dates back to the Oath of Hippocrates and obliges physicians
to provide the best possible care individualized for each patient….
DEI dogma promotes false ideology and mandates that are
antithetical to these obligations and requirements.”
“Patients must not be prioritized, or discriminated against,
based on their race, gender or any other politically-favored, or
disfavored, status,” AAPS states. In addition: “Standards for
students selected for medical school and postgraduate training, or
for any physician, must be the same regardless of race, gender or
other social metrics, and include a level of competence measured by
academic achievement and standardized tests.”
Ultimately, “patients’ lives depend on the reversal of harmful
DEI-based rules,” AAPS concludes.
Founded in 1943, the Association of American Physicians and
Surgeons is a pro-patient association of physicians in the practice
of private medicine. Its motto means “all for the patient.”
Contact: Jane Hughes, M.D., F.A.C.S., AAPS President,
president@aapsonline.org, (210) 393-6162; Jane Orient, M.D., AAPS
Executive Director, jane@aapsonline.org, (520) 323-3110