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Jan 2024
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Investigating Injustices in the Journal'...

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Over its 200-plus years, the Journal has sometimes published articles that have perpetuated injustices against various groups of people. A new Perspective series explores that history and its lessons.

A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2311329.

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