Abstract:The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals emphasize the importance of ensuring the health and wellbeing of all human beings as a necessary precondition for peace and prosperity in the world. The spread of egalitarian values in the modern era has generated discussions about health disparities, with renewed calls to lessen health inequities for vulnerable and marginalized populations. This article briefly discusses health disparities and inequities in medicine, focusing on rheumatology. It is well documen… Show more
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