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Mar 30, 2020
4 min

LMSA Policy Today

YARITZY ASTUDILLO, M4 New York Medical College VP of Policy 2018-2020 The last few years and even that last few weeks have called for our...

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Mar 30, 2020
4 min

National Rally calling for Humane Treatment of Detained Migrants

Why Medical Students Across the Nation Caged Themselves Written by: Maria Paola Santos and Karina G. Romo On September 4, 2019, thousands...

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Mar 30, 2020
2 min

Medical Spanish Taskforce

Follow-up on Resolution No 5, Policy Summit 2018 There is no need to reinvent the wheel. The Medical Spanish Taskforce, led by Pilar Orte...

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Mar 29, 2020
4 min

A Perspective on Inclusion and the Term "Latinx"

Spanish Grammar: I am Latina and am part of the Latino community. If I identified as Latinx, I would still be part of the Latino community.

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Mar 29, 2020
5 min

How LMSA Left an Indelible Mark on my Life and How I Wish to Contribute Going Forward

JORDAN JUÁREZ, MS1 Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In the summer leading up to my freshman year of college, I was rest...

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Mar 24, 2020
2 min

The Best Option of Care

DANILEA M. CARMONA MATOS, MS3 San Juan Bautista School of Medicine As aspiring physicians, we look forward to providing care. We find joy...

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Mar 24, 2020
5 min

It’s Not About What You Eat

How My Summer as an Ice Cream Scooper and Health Educator Taught Me About Health Disparities SAMANTHA GARCÍA, MS Rising MS1 Drizzle of ch...

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Mar 23, 2020
1 min

The danger of the diagnosis

VICTORIA GONZÁLEZ, MS2 CUNY School of Medicine Differentials. Tests. Treatments. All guided to a phrase that carries so much weight. Some...

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Mar 23, 2020
3 min

The Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act and COVID-19

Omar Cespedes-Gomez, MPH Over the noon lunch hour on September 4, 2019, medical students, dental students, law students, and public healt...

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Mar 23, 2020
5 min

Latino Doctors Must Unite Behind Medicare for All

MARYSOL ENCARNACIÓN MS2 Drexel University College of Medicine Four months into the Trump administration, I sat with several women in thei...

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Mar 16, 2020
8 min

Sophia's Wisdom

Natalie Moreno, MS3 University of Michigan Medical School Daniel waited for Sophia. He had been in the waiting room for nine hours, but t...

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Mar 16, 2020
4 min

Poetry Collection

Natalie Ailene Moreno,MS3 University of Michigan Medical School

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Jul 20, 2019
5 min

The Bioethical Issue of Physician Assisted Death from a Medical and Orthodox Christian Perspective

Dimitri Antonio Godur, Columbia University, New York, NY INTRODUCTION Does a person have the “right to die?” Is there a moral justificati...

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Jul 20, 2019
4 min

Encerrada

MICHELLE BENASSAI University of Rochester School of Medicine My mind was racing in between patient visits one afternoon on the ambulatory...

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Jul 20, 2019
1 min

Mental Health in Medicine

Camila Rodríguez, MS2 New York Medical College

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