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David Williams - everyday discrimination is an independent predictor of mortality
FromThe BMJ Podcast
David Williams - everyday discrimination is an independent predictor of mortality
FromThe BMJ Podcast
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53 minutes
Released:
Feb 13, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
There comes a tipping point in all campaigns when the evidence is overwhelming and the only way to proceed is with action. According to David Williams, it’s time to tackle the disproportionate effects of race on patients in the UK.
David Williams, from Harvard University, developed the Everyday Discrimination Scale that, in 1997, launched a new scientific approach to assessing social influences, such as racism, on health.
He’s shown that people who experience every day acts of discrimination— like getting poorer service in a bank or a restaurant, or being treated with less courtesy—will over time have worse health outcomes, including higher rates of heart disease, lower life expectancy, and greater infant mortality.
In this podcast he is interviewed by Lilian Anekwe, assistant news editor
for New Scientist.
Read Lilian's article on tackling racism in the NHS
https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m341
And all of the special issue on racism in medicine
https://www.bmj.com/racism-in-medicine
David Williams, from Harvard University, developed the Everyday Discrimination Scale that, in 1997, launched a new scientific approach to assessing social influences, such as racism, on health.
He’s shown that people who experience every day acts of discrimination— like getting poorer service in a bank or a restaurant, or being treated with less courtesy—will over time have worse health outcomes, including higher rates of heart disease, lower life expectancy, and greater infant mortality.
In this podcast he is interviewed by Lilian Anekwe, assistant news editor
for New Scientist.
Read Lilian's article on tackling racism in the NHS
https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m341
And all of the special issue on racism in medicine
https://www.bmj.com/racism-in-medicine
Released:
Feb 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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