A Black Physician Takes on Racism in Medicine
Physician Uché Blackstock talks about her experience of the huge health disparities faced by Black Americans in her new book Legacy
Physician Uché Blackstock talks about her experience of the huge health disparities faced by Black Americans in her new book Legacy
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