Why middle-class black women dread the doctor’s office

Friday, January 25, 2019 - 10:20 in Psychology & Sociology

The anxiety of being black, female and at the mercy of the U.S. healthcare system first hit Tina Sacks when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Bette Parks Sacks, then in her 50s, intuitively knew something was wrong but, like many African American women, was afraid her doctor would give her the brush-off. It […]

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