Register now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is indisputable that patients of color\u2014irrespective of social class\u2014receive 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2014where you are born and how many resources you have determine how healthy you will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Health inequities and social justice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PART 1: In our own backyard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PART 2: In the world beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PART 3: What can we learn? What can we do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Register now It is indisputable that patients of color\u2014irrespective of social class\u2014receive 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 … Continue reading
Suggested reading: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present<\/a><\/em><\/li>