It is indisputable that patients of color—irrespective of social class—receive inferior care in our country, whether it be the type of surgery they are offered, the amount of pain medications they are given, or how they are treated when victims of trauma. No more poignant example exists than the recent death from COVID-19 of Dr Susan Moore, a black doctor whose symptoms were discounted by a white doctor in Indiana.
Elsewhere in the globe, billions of people lack access to basic medical and surgical care. Whether it be treatment of childhood diseases and congenital anomalies, surgery for life-threatening or debilitating trauma, or medications for HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria—where you are born and how many resources you have determine how healthy you will be.
Grapple with these issues as we hear from classmates who have dedicated their careers to alleviating the social injustices in medicine. Moderated by Marilyn Butler, MWButler@gmail.com
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