Mortality rates among American Indian and Black women are To understand the racial disparities we see in today鈥檚 healthcare system, it could be worth examining the past.
Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens is part of a growing group of historians examining the history of race and medicine. She joins us for the hour.
In her book , she explores the early history of reproductive healthcare, where enslaved women were subject to forced experimentation and operations, without anesthesia.
Later, we learn about the
GUESTS:
- Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens: at the University of 黑料吃瓜网. She is also the author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and The Origins of American Gynecology
- Dr. Veronica Pimentel: of the OB GYN Residency program at St Francis Hospital and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.
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