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Ashley Abramson

Oct 28, 2019

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How Sci-Fi Creates Better Doctors

One bioethicist at UTHealth uses science fiction to educate medical students about racial bias

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A philosopher by training, Keisha Ray, who now researches racial disparity in health care, has never been scared to ask big, bold questions about humanity.

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