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Conference on Racism in Health Care Delivery Set for Saturday

March 19th, 2010 by Mike Edwards

Special workshops and a screening of the documentary, “The Deadliest Disease in America,” will take place tomorrow, Saturday, March 20, 2010, beginning at 9:30am at the Duke University School of Nursing Auditorium. The screening will be followed by three participatory workshops (you may choose one):

  • Doctor/Patient Communication
  • Empowering Community Organizations to Work with Legislators for Change
  • What Racism Looks Like in Health Care Delivery and Why You Should Report It

 To register, call (919) 599-4647.

 This event is open and co-sponsored by the North Carolina Medical Society; Durham Academy of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy; Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People; Durham Congregations In Action; and Old North State Medical Society.

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One Response to “Conference on Racism in Health Care Delivery Set for Saturday”

  1. Robert A. Appel, MD Says:
    March 19th, 2010 at 9:19 pm

    If I didn’t know better, I would have surmised that this program was sponsored by ACORN. Obama has managed to open the racial divide. Programs of this nature can only serve to exacerbate it.