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Diversity in medicine: A ripple effect among doctors, patients and the community

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Why the U.S. health care system needs diversity among physicians, and how patients will benefit.

Physicians of color don’t just treat patients. They serve as role models for young people who could enter the profession, and the profession needs to know that "diversity" is not a scary term. Emergency medicine physician Sampson Davis, MD, talks about that effect and why diversity and cultural competency are strengths in health care.

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