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Podcast: The Dr. Hyman Show
Episode: Why Cultural Competency Is Key To A Healthy Population
Description: Why Cultural Competency Is Key To A Healthy Population | This episode is brought to you Four SigmaticBlack, Indigenous, and people of color are far more likely to get sick and die from the 10 leading causes of death due to a range of factors. Among these is lack of access and the cascading effects of racism, prejudice, stereotyping, and unconscious bias on minority health. And unfortunately, this is a historic problem, with injustices such as the Tuskegee syphilis experiment that started in the 1930s leading to a deep mistrust of the medical system that still lingers...