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When couples disagree about healthcare choices due to racial disparities

My husband and I are trying to decide where to have our baby and I want to find providers who understand the maternal mortality risks for Black women, but he thinks I'm overthinking it and just wants to go with the convenient hospital, and we can't seem to have this conversation without him feeling attacked or me feeling unheard.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners are navigating a life decision where one person's safety concerns are rooted in systemic realities the other doesn't fully grasp.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”

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