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Climate Change is not an “Equal Opportunity” Crisis

Climate Change is not an “Equal Opportunity” Crisis

by Sam Aptekar | Oct 22, 2019 | Climate Change, Health Disparities

Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Sam Aptekar In the last fifteen years, we have witnessed dozens of natural disasters affecting our most vulnerable patients, from post-hurricane victims in Haiti to drought and famine refugees in Malawi. The vast majority of these...
Telemedicine is a Tool, not a Panacea, to Reach Underserved Communities

Telemedicine is a Tool, not a Panacea, to Reach Underserved Communities

by Sam Aptekar | Jul 19, 2019 | Health Disparities, Healthcare

Authored by Phuoc Le, M.D. and Sam Aptekar “Kijan ou ye? How are you?” I asked my patient, a fifty-five year-old Haitian-American woman living in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It was 2008. I had been her primary care doctor for two years and was working with her to...
Race-Based Medicine Can Blind Doctors from Social Injustice

Race-Based Medicine Can Blind Doctors from Social Injustice

by Sam Aptekar | Apr 27, 2019 | Health Disparities, Healthcare, Race and Health

Part of a series on the structural determinants of health disparities affecting the most underserved communities. Authored by Phuoc Le, MD and Sam Aptekar Fifteen years ago, as a medical student, I learned a terrifying lesson about blindly using race-based medicine. I...
Now More Than Ever, the Case for Medicaid Expansion

Now More Than Ever, the Case for Medicaid Expansion

by Sam Aptekar | Apr 1, 2019 | Healthcare

Part of a series on the structural determinants of health disparities affecting the most underserved communities. Authored by Phuoc Le, MD and Sam Aptekar   A friend of mine told me the other day, “We’ve seen our insured patient population go from 15% to 70% in...
For American Indians, Health is a Human and Legal Right

For American Indians, Health is a Human and Legal Right

by Sam Aptekar | Mar 13, 2019 | Native American Health

Part of a series on the structural determinants of health disparities affecting the most underserved communities. Authored by Phuoc Le, MD and Sam Aptekar   Most will be surprised to learn that American Indians and Alaska Natives represent the only populations in...
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