EPISODE · Nov 15, 2023 · 32 MIN
Deadly Assumptions
from The Healthcare Divide · host Canadian Race Relations Foundation
A decades-old decision created a system where Black Canadians need to be sicker than the rest of the population to qualify for a living kidney donor transplant. How did this happen? And why does it persist today if science doesn’t support it? Voices in this episode: Charles Cook, donor recipient Lydia-Joi Marshall, project lead at the Health Commons Solutions Lab and President of the Black Health Alliance Dr. Bourne Auguste, nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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A decades-old decision created a system where Black Canadians need to be sicker than the rest of the population to qualify for a living kidney donor transplant. How did this happen? And why does it persist today if science doesn’t support it? Voices in this episode: Charles Cook, donor recipient Lydia-Joi Marshall, project lead at the Health Commons Solutions Lab and President of the Black Health Alliance Dr. Bourne Auguste, nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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