The importance of finding a doctor you relate to
Donella explains the impact of having a doctor who relates to and cares about their patients.
Transcript
It is very, very, very important for me to have a doctor, all my doctors, to be of color.
I am a Black woman. And my kids' doctor is Black. My doctor is Black.
And they know, you know, our health conditions. It's imperative that they relate to us and show us that it's OK.
And I feel like they need to care. We care for each other. I feel like that doctor is gonna care a lot more about me
as a patient because they can relate, knowing the history that we've been through, and, you know,
just making sure that our health is in check, because it's very important that we, you know, save these lives.
People are dying for no reason. [AUDIO LOGO]
diabetes
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