TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - "We denounce race-related violence and will speak out against discrimination"
JO  - Geriatric nursing
A1  - Medina-Walpole, Annette
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - I think it's a common misperception that working in geriatrics anesthetizes us to mortality. So many in the general public--and even among our colleagues in health care--assume that's "just what we do."    I've been thinking a great deal about that misperception these last few weeks, not only because of COVID-19 but also because of the powerful protests unfolding across the United States in response to race-related violence and discrimination. Like many of you, I see the need for change--and, as a geriatrician, I hear reverberating through it the words of British poet Dylan Thomas:    Do not go gentle into that good night,    Old age should burn and rave at close of day;    Rage, rage against the dying of the light.1(p. 2703)    When read at face-value, Dylan's poem--like geriatrics, I suppose--seems a not-so-subtle allusion to death and dying. But I think there's far more there, and I think much of it speaks to what we are seeing, hearing, and feeling in America and across health care.     Too few in our country benefit fully from a good life, let alone "that good night" Thomas references. We see it in socioeconomic disparities that disadvantage communities of color. We see it in a lack of social supports and services for us all as we age. And now, we have seen it--violently and painfully--in very public displays that make race-related violence and discrimination something few can ignore…and none can deny...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0197-4572
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.06.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -