Black Healthcare (1217)

We begin with a look at the higher mortality rate of blacks than whites. For example, prostate and breast cancer, infant mortality, and heart disease are more likely to be deadly for blacks than for whites. Healthcare issues like quality of care, financial status and availability of services all play a major role in longstanding racial disparities. Then, physicians join us in the studio to talk about the biases and discriminatory practices that exist in the area of health care for both patients and doctors.

Guests - Dr. Charles Bowers, Ob-Gyn, Essex Comprehensive Health Care Plus - Dr. Rosario Zambrano, Essex comprehensive Health Care Plus - Dr. Alfred Gaymon, President, North Jersey Medical Society - Dr. M. Calhoun Thomas, Pediatrician