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When personal loss from medical racism complicates your healthcare career

My grandmother died from complications that I know would have been caught earlier if she had been white, and I am starting medical school next month but I do not know if I can trust myself to work within the system that killed her.

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The person must navigate the tension between seeking justice through institutional change and participating in the institution that caused their trauma.

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