Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley are the few shows, I stay up for. Last week, I stayed up late enough to watch the interview on Dr. Augustus White by Tavis Smiley. It was about Health-care, race, and health disparities in USA. In his memoir,"Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care"; Dr. White addresses the issue of cultural awareness in medicine. He talk about all biases, not just race. He believes that we need to address our own cultural biases to be more compassionate. His argument reminds me of my father. He did teach us that in term of health we are our best advocate. At a very young age, we went to some doctor consultations alone because he wanted us to be responsible of our health. Dr White emphasizes that patients must be trained about cultural disparities as well as health-care disparities. Dr White also talked about how he became a doctor coming from segregated South. It is delicate issue that is still current for many among us due to Socio-economics segregation. In my opinion, the message is about awareness of our flaws and prejudices.
Thank you Dr. Augustus White and Tavis Smiley!
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