The American Medical Association recently apologized for its historical antipathy toward African American doctors.
The apology was prompted in part by a report completed by an independent panel commissioned to look into the AMA's treatment of blacks. The lead author of the study, which appears in the July 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is Robert Baker, chair of the Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative and the William D. Williams Professor of Philosophy. He also directs the Union Graduate College-Mount Sinai School Medicine Bioethics Program.
The AMA's apology attracted widepsread media attention, including a story in the Washington Post. To read the story, click here (registration may be required).
To read an account of Baker's role in the Times Union in Albany, click here.