Empowerment Rx

In this episode, I focus on the history of black healthcare disparities and the current legacies of systemic racism and white supremacy on the health of black Americans.Sources Discussed:⁠https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2793179⁠⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2593958/pdf/jnma00341-0013.pdf⁠All audio is copyright free and able to be used.

In this episode I discuss the disparities in maternal healthcare, including along racial lines with a discussion of history of gynecology.Sources Discussed:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/16/1163786037/maternal-deaths-in-the-u-s-spiked-in-2021-cdc-reportshttps://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves https://tcf.org/content/commentary/worsening-u-s-maternal-health-crisis-three-graphs/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwvilBhCFARIsADvYi7JGhoLqDmtO69o0sQtODb2ufB28mAQYCBqz93M4dfG72xyo-CiUSw0aAqLnEALw_wc https://www.who.int/health-topics/maternal-healthhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2806661All audio used is copyright free.

In this episode I discuss the historical contexts surrounding social justice in medicine, and why physicians must be advocates not just in their clinical setting, but in all other aspects of patient care as well.Sources discussed:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2807137https://postgraduateeducation.hms.harvard.edu/trends-medicine/physicians-advocates-social-changehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/opinion/sunday/do-poor-people-have-a-right-to-health-care.htmlhttps://www.medicaid.gov/about-us/program-history/index.htmlAll other audio sources are copyright free and free to use.