title: #BlackLivesMatter--a challenge to the medical and public health communities.
authors.affiliation: From the Office of the Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York.
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bassett
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D011634:Public Health; D063505:Racism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D001741:Black or African American