The People-First Liver Charter

Jeffrey V. Lazarus; Dana Ivancovsky Wajcman; Silvana Pannain; Paul N. Brennan; Melina I. Manolas; Peter Jepsen; Carla Treloar; Anish K. Arora; Philippa C. Matthews; Camila A. Picchio; Trenton M. White; Jason Grebely; Juan Vaz; Hannes Hagström; Kenneth H. Rabin; Scott Isaacs; Rogério T. Ribeiro; Michael Roden; Michael Betel; José Willemse; Luis Antonio Díaz; Alina M. Allen; Naim Alkhouri; Jörn M. Schattenberg; Dídac Mauricio; Mary E. Rinella; Elisa Pose; Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis; Michael Ninburg; Kenneth Cusi; William Alazawi; Ajay Duseja; Gema Frühbeck; Holly Lofton; Priya Jaisinghani; Fasiha Kanwal; Gamal Shiha; Shira Zelber-Sagi; Larry Holden; Marcela Villota-Rivas

doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03759-8

The People-First Liver Charter

Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Dana Ivancovsky Wajcman, Silvana Pannain, Paul N. Brennan, Melina I. Manolas, Peter Jepsen, Carla Treloar, Anish K. Arora, Philippa C. Matthews, Camila A. Picchio, Trenton M. White, Jason Grebely, Juan Vaz, Hannes Hagström, Kenneth H. Rabin, Scott Isaacs, Rogério T. Ribeiro, Michael Roden, Michael Betel, José WillemseLuis Antonio Díaz, Alina M. Allen, Naim Alkhouri, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Dídac Mauricio, Mary E. Rinella, Elisa Pose, Emmanuel A. Tsochatzis, Michael Ninburg, Kenneth Cusi, William Alazawi, Ajay Duseja, Gema Frühbeck, Holly Lofton, Priya Jaisinghani, Fasiha Kanwal, Gamal Shiha, Shira Zelber-Sagi, Larry Holden, Marcela Villota-Rivas

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Reducing the stigma and discrimination that people living with liver conditions experience requires rethinking how diagnoses, diseases, etiologies and circumstances are perceived — a shift that begins with the language used to name and describe them.

Original language	American English
Journal	Nature Medicine
Early online date	5 Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03759-8
State	Published Online - 5 Jun 2025

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Lazarus, J. V., Ivancovsky Wajcman, D., Pannain, S., Brennan, P. N., Manolas, M. I., Jepsen, P., Treloar, C., Arora, A. K., Matthews, P. C., Picchio, C. A., White, T. M., Grebely, J., Vaz, J., Hagström, H., Rabin, K. H., Isaacs, S., Ribeiro, R. T., Roden, M., Betel, M., ... Villota-Rivas, M. (2025). The People-First Liver Charter. Nature Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03759-8

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