Dying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans
- Written by Yolonda Wilson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Howard University
An African American man in a hospital bed. Studies show that pain in African American patients is often not addressed. pixelheadphoto/digitalskilletSeveral years ago, MapQuest directed me on a 10-hour drive to visit my father in a Florida hospital. Complications from diabetes, including blindness, kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and a...
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