Health Equity

Black US doctor is fired after complaint about talk on racism in medicine

Abstract: A doctor has been fired from her “dream job” as a small group facilitator at a medical school in California after she shared personal and historical incidents of racism during a talk with students

Publication: The BMJ

Date Published: January 13, 2021

Author(s): Jeanne Lenzer

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