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Podcast: Creating a New Healthcare
Episode: Episode #177 Fighting the ‘Othering’ mindset in Healthcare – with Stella Safo, MD, founder & CEO of ‘Just Equity for Health’
Description: If you’ve ever wondered, ‘But what can I do? – please listen to this episode. Dr. Stella Safo, a Harvard-educated, Ghanaian-American physician, provides us all with her wisdom, experience and courageous efforts in addressing that question.
In this interview we’ll cover:
Some shocking and saddening stats on healthcare inequities & disparities in the US
The enabling power of community and civic engagement
The importance of sharing our ‘inexpert knowledge’
Understanding and confronting our own internal ‘othering’
Why Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is critical in healthcare delivery
The origin and creation of the “Green Book survival guide” for healthcare that Dr. Sa...