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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Dance, who works for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a history of racism and mistreatment of blacks is reflected in the lack of trust many black people have toward the medical profession...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Says Discrimination in Health Care Persists | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...Blacks are more at risk for many health issues as well, Dance said. For example, he said, 50 percent of black women are obese, 40 percent of black women have a higher risk of dying of heart disease than do white women and black men under 65 are twice as likely to get prostate cancer as their white counterparts...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Says Discrimination in Health Care Persists | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Dance spoke of the Tuskegee experiment, in which 412 black men remained untreated for syphilis from 1932-72, even after penicillin was widely used as a cure, as part of a government experiment...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Says Discrimination in Health Care Persists | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

After showing a clip from an ABC Prime Time Live piece from February 1992, Curtis said that doctors should be trained to be culturally sensitive, and that there is a need for more black doctors...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Says Discrimination in Health Care Persists | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...African-American doctors understand the cultural, social and economic issues in the black community, and that is essential for providing crucial services," he said...

Author: By Marla B. Kaplan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Says Discrimination in Health Care Persists | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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