Part of ‘medical expertise’ is, in fact, having a fundamental understanding of the social and structural determinants of health and how physicians can recognize and respond to them.
Dr. Helena Hansen and Jonathan Metzl’s paper below. ‘Structural Competency is the capacity for health professionals to recognize and respond to health and illness as the downstream effects of broad social, political, and economic structures.'”
Quoting Jeffrey Flier‘s post:
“For a medical society, or a medical school, to prioritize ‘social justice’ over medical expertise is to declare themselves unfit for their professional roles.”