New England Journal of Medicine as a public health crisis: Black women are objectified, ignored and violently handled. When a Black woman speaks up to advocate for herself, and combative by medical staff.
Almost one-third of Black mothers reported that they did not feel the delivery room staff encouraged them to make decisions about their birth progression, in a conducted in California.
This behavior contributes not only to the disparity in Black maternal mortality but also in the lack of equitable treatment and proper emotional care.The doctors , but Fadiora says they were “rude” in their recommendation and didn’t take the time to empathize with the impact this experience was having on her client.
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