63 pages 2 hours read

Dayna Bowen Matthew

Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2015

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Essay Topics

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How does Matthew’s Biased Care Model advance the conversation on health equity? In what way can such a model be used to shift implicit bias?

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Discuss Matthew’s argument that implicit biases are malleable. What interventions reduce these biases, and how can they be implemented effectively to address The Role of Implicit Bias in Healthcare Disparities?

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In what ways does Matthew suggest that the healthcare system’s structural constraints limit the effectiveness of individual efforts to address health disparities? How does her proposal for overcoming these limitations speak to The Systemic Challenge in Addressing Implicit Bias?