Black Women vs. The Healthcare System

A critical analysis of how Black women navigate the complexities of a medical institution that has not been designed to meet their needs.
Indigo Curated Writer Talk w/ Tina Sacks

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Black Middle-Class Women in the American Healthcare System by Tina K. Sacks

The United States spends one-fifth of its resources funding healthcare—yet the system is dogged by persistent and pernicious inequalities in the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities and women. In this country a Black women is 22 percent more likely to die from heart disease than a white woman, 71 percent more likely to die from cervical cancer, and 243 percent more likely to die following child birth.