The Professional Case Manager and Social Justice, Inclusion, and Equity: A Time for Reflection and Action.

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Hussein M. Tahan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a case management consultant, expert, author, and researcher. Dr. Tahan has nearly 30 years of experience in hospital management and operations and professional case management practice; is a member of the editorial advisory board of Professional Case Management journal; author of multiple textbooks, including the CMSA's Core Curriculum for Case Management and Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice; is the chief knowledge editor of the Case Management Body of Knowledge online portal sponsored by the Commission for Case Manager Certification; and the recipient of CMSA's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of case management.

Published: August 2021

Social justice, inclusion and equity are everyone's responsibility. We achieve these values when we recognize and accept the characteristics of every person as a unique individual. Professional case managers, or other healthcare practitioners and leaders, have an obligation to advance the health, human and social outcomes of the people they serve, regardless of the social group they belong to and irrespective of their determinants of diversity. It is time to address social justice, inclusion and equity as ethical principles of practice for the professional case manager.

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