About this episode

The episode introduces a new series addressing the impact of race on clinical medicine and the need for change.

What happens when medicine gets race wrong? In a new 8-week series, The Race Equation confronts harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine, why they endure, and what it will take to change. ​ ​Follow “Intention to Treat” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Topics covered

• race in medicine
• clinical assumptions
• health disparities
• medical ethics
• systemic racism
• healthcare reform

Keywords

• race
• medicine
• healthcare
• disparities
• assumptions
• clinical
• ethics
• reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NEJM Group

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