by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 24, 2023 | antiracism, Biases, Burnout, COVID, Critical Race Theory, Daniel Kahneman, Diversity, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, Equity, ESG, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Outcomes, Implicit Bias, Inclusion, intersectionality, LaShyra Nolen., Linda Villarosa, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine, woke healthcare
March 24, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, “Woke” Healthcare: Implicit Racism, DEI, ESG, Biases, Intersectionality, and Duality in Healthcare I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but some politicians who seek to gain political advantage on the right tried...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 17, 2023 | 2024 elections, Black History Month, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Governor Ron DeSantis, healthcare disparities, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, Kars for Kearsarge, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Linda Villarosa, Matthew Desmond, Nikki Haley, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Racism in America, Senator Mitch McConnell, Slavery's Capitalism, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
February 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Contemplating the Social Determinants of Health During Black History Month It’s February, and that means it is “Black History Month.” As I thought about how important it is for all Americans to recognize the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 13, 2023 | 118th Congress, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Hakeem Jeffries, Inequality in Healthcare, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's war in Ukraine, Racism in America, Republican Control of the House, Selection of the Speaker of the House, Social Determinants of Health, Where Do We Go From Here?
January 13, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Contemplating the Message of Dr. King The years have gone by so fast. 1968 was both yesterday and a lifetime ago. Over the last few years as I have gone deeper and deeper into my understanding of the social...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 14, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, A Promised Land By Barack Obama, Bayard Rustin, culture wars, Diane Gilworth, Economic inequality, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Hope, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, Transformative Politics
October 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back For Guidance Going Forward I am probably like a lot of Democrats who can remember the enthusiasm with which we once embraced heroes like JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and even Jimmy Carter and Bill...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 23, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, American exceptionalism, anti semitism, burnout and professional fulfillment, Dr. Kimberly Becher, Featured Post, Governor Ron DeSantis, Healthcare in Rural America, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Holocaust, Venezuelan immigrants in Martha's Vineyard
September 23, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, What We Say, What We Do, and a Doctor Whose Actions Speak For Her My wife and I have been watching the latest Ken Burns PBS production, ”The U.S. and The Holocaust”. For over forty years, Burns has educated us...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 17, 2022 | antiracism, Biases, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, George Saunders, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Juneteenth, Linda Villarosa, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass shootings as an epidemic, Public Health, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Racism in America, Roe v. Wade, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
June 17, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About About Race And Healthcare Disparities A good friend here in New London was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. In retirement, he enjoys substitute teaching at our local middle school where he also...
