Dr. Linda Rae Murray, MPH, professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of Illinois, Chicago, has created a book list about medicine. For a definitive look at the history of medicine and the Black community she recommends the two volume work by Byrd & Clayton (two African American physicians).
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Archives for October 2020
Black Maternal Health Momnibus (H.R. 6142, S. 3424)
In the richest nation on earth, moms are dying at the highest rate in the developed world – and the rate is rising. For as dire as the situation is for all women, the crisis is most severe for Black moms, who are dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of their white counterparts.
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