Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns
A large body of work highlights disparities in survival rates across Black and White newborns during childbirth. We posit that these differences may be ameliorated by racial concordance between the physician and newborn patient. Findings suggest that when Black newborns are cared for by Black...
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Medical racism is very real
Black newborns more likely to die when looked after by White doctors | CNN
Black newborn babies in the United States are more likely to survive childbirth if they are cared for by Black doctors, but three times more likely than White Babies to die when looked after by White doctors, a study has found.
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