Despite Pushback, Anti-DEI Congressman to Speak at Medical Meeting
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-N.C.), will speak at the American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) leadership meeting later this month, despite calls for the congressman to be disinvited over his bill proposing a ban on federal funding for medical schools with diversity initiatives. Last month, the North Carolina congressmen introduced the Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, […]
Emergency Physicians Group Votes to Bar Use of the Term ‘Excited Delirium’
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) voted to stop using the term “excited delirium” when referring to patients with hyperactive delirium, joining a host of other medical societies that have already done so. The decision reverses the conclusions reached in a 2009 ACEP white paper on the topic, ACEP said in an article posted […]