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Bakke Redux — Affirmative Action and Physician Diversity in Peril

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Gregory Curfman
Gregory Curfman*
Affiliation:
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA, USA
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Abstract

This article examines the legal arguments that may lead the Supreme Court to overrule precedent and strike down affirmative action in university admissions. Given the critical importance of a diverse physician workforce for our Nation’s health care system, the potential reversal of affirmative action admission programs in medical schools may have severe negative consequences. This article discusses the implications for health care should the Court issue an opinion restricting or eliminating affirmative action in higher education.

Keywords

Physician WorkforceDiversityAffirmative ActionConstitutional Law
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Columns: Health Policy Portal
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 50 , Issue 3: Transgender Health Equity and the Law , Fall 2022 , pp. 619 - 624
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© 2022 The Author(s)

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About This Column

Aaron Kesselheim serves as the editor for Health Policy Portal. Dr. Kesselheim is the JLME editor-in-chief and director of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. This column features timely analyses and perspectives on issues at the intersection of medicine, law, and health policy that are directly relevant to patient care. If you would like to submit to this section of JLME, please contact Dr. Kesselheim at [email protected].

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