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Closing the Gap in Health Care: A Personal Odyssey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2021

Thaddeus John Bell
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Abstract

This narrative provides insight into medical education for Black physicians in South Carolina in the 1960s, during the civil rights movement. It also discusses the many rewards and challenges of being a physician of color, describes what has been done to develop programs that benefit minority communities, and argues that more such programs are needed.

Keywords

Personal NarrativeRacismHealth Care DisparitiesDiversity and InclusionMedical Education
Type
Symposium Articles
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 49 , Issue 2: Race and Ethnicity in 21st Century Health Care , Summer 2021 , pp. 168 - 173
Copyright
© 2021 The Author(s)

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