Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action? - West Hawaii Today

DETROIT — Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, it was a dream that felt out of reach.

Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

Kat StaffordAssociated PressDETROIT — Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, it was a dream that felt out of reach.She rarely saw doctors who looked like her. As a child, she experienced severe hair loss, and struggled to find a dermatologist who could help.Tolliver made a pact with two childhood best friends to become doctors who would care for Black and underserved communities …

People of color struggle to find doctors who look like them, leading to worse health outcomes

Without doctors who look like them, patients often have worse health outcomes. But only 6% of doctors are Black, widening a racial health gap in the U.S.

People of color struggle to find doctors who look like them, leading to worse health outcomes

Without doctors who look like them, patients often have worse health outcomes. But only 6% of doctors are Black, widening a racial health gap in the U.S.

Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

After the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for...

Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

DETROIT (AP) -- Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, it was a dream that felt out of reach.