The story of vaccination against human papillomavirus in teenage girls is one of success. Cervical cancer rates have dropped markedly in all socioeconomic groups (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-077341).1 An equitable implementation plan has achieved equitable benefits (doi:10.1136/bmj.q996).2 A less good health story is the murky use of dubious medical labels to deflect from unlawful death. “Excited delirium,” a term used to explain protestor George Floyd’s death in police custody, is now banned in California and Colorado and removed from police forms in the UK (doi:10.1136/bmj.q1047).3
What binds these extremes is the role of the leadership of health professionals and health systems (doi:10.1136/bmj.q1033 doi:10.1136/bmj.q1069) the power to do good alongside culpability or complicity in harm. Health professionals need the right environment to …
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