Health Equity

Black Doctors Say Pandemic Reveals Enduring Racial Inequity Medicine Alone Cannot Fix

Abstract: Three African American ER physicians in Washington, D.C., recount experiences on their wards, where Black patients make up the vast majority of the city's COVID-19 fatalities.

Publication: NPR

Date Published: June 27, 2020

Author(s): Daniella Cheslow

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