Racial Trauma and Culturally Responsive Care: Ashley McGirt-Adair's The Cost of Healing in Silence

About this episode

Ashley McGirt-Adair discusses her book on racial trauma and the importance of culturally responsive care in healthcare systems.

People in this episode

Hosts: MacKenzie Green, Kate Hergott, Gare Billings, Steph Lauer

Guest: Ashley McGirt-Adair

Topics covered

• racial trauma
• culturally responsive care
• healthcare systems
• systemic bias
• self-advocacy
• generational trauma
• cultural identity

Keywords

• racial trauma
• culturally responsive care
• healthcare bias
• self-advocacy
• generational trauma
• trauma therapist
• cultural identity
• healing

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Books & works: The Cost of Healing in Silence

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