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Racial Disparity in Healthcare
COVID-19, with its large-scale impact on our entire country (and beyond), has exposed what many already know - the disparities in healthcare; and it propelled them into our consciousness! One of the disparities is... Continue Reading »
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Today, I repost this blog post from September 2019. Due to COVID-19 restriction, hospitals, and congregate-care facilities, and to some degree medical offices, often don't allow anyone but the patient inside. Misunderstandings based on cultural... Continue Reading »
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My father died three months into the coronavirus pandemic. Not of COVID-19. But because of despair and a broken heart.
He was 83 years old. He lived in a beautiful Assisted Living facility, with great staff members. He had his own room... Continue Reading »
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Recently, I have been getting this question a lot, and I think it deserves an explanation.
I think a lot about healthcare, probably more than I should. The thought became “me” in a way that I just naturally think about it all the time... Continue Reading »
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In the fall of 2019, we posted a blog on “Cultural Considerations in Healthcare”. In light of the current cultural challenges, I would like to repost this topic and have added some information as it pertains to African Americans particularly in... Continue Reading »
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Heart Basics
We all know that our heart beats and beats and beats, working hard for us. But do we know what actually happens when our heart beats?
First of all, our heart is a muscular organ. “An organ is a group of tissues that... Continue Reading »
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I just came across this quote from The Purple Sherpa (https://www.thepurplesherpa.org), and immediately thought of how true this is in my own relationship with my father:
When you think about whether to visit someone who’s living with... Continue Reading »