April 18th, 2021
Podcast 276: Pay attention to the structural barriers that contribute to clinical inequity — Karol Watson
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In this, our second conversation on race and clinical equity, Dr. Karol Watson of UCLA offers her observations on what she’s observed as a cardiologist trying to deal with treatment plans for patients who’ve lost their health insurance or have had to go to a plan that doesn’t cover what’s needed.
She reminds us that tagging people as “non-compliant” would often be better expressed as “unable to afford.”
Let me know what you think, please, at jelia@nejm.org
Running time: 10 minutes
Categories: Bias, Cllnical equity, Diversity, Equity, race, Structural racism
Tags: DEI, Karol Watson, medical care, social medicine
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I congratulate Dr. Karol Watson of UCLA. “Unable to afford” is the grave that sums up her lapidary diagnosis of the world’s health disparity.
I am delighted that conversations are ongoing relative to biases in areas of clinical practice. I am equally delighted that these biases are confronted and plans are made to move toward change.