Speaker details ways physicians, social workers can help achieve health equity in care

BOSTON — Top health equity categories in kidney care include racism and disparities in chronic kidney disease care and kidney transplant care, according to a speaker here who said these can also be addressed with individual strategies.
“The year 2020 will definitely be punctuated in U.S. history as a pivotal year in which racial disparities in health care were brought to the forefront and discussed in sectors outside of academic medicine and research,” Tiffany R. Washington, PhD, MSW, a professor at the University of Georgia School of Social Work, said in a presentation at

BOSTON — Top health equity categories in kidney care include racism and disparities in chronic kidney disease care and kidney transplant care, according to a speaker here who said these can also be addressed with individual strategies.
“The year 2020 will definitely be punctuated in U.S. history as a pivotal year in which racial disparities in health care were brought to the forefront and discussed in sectors outside of academic medicine and research,” Tiffany R. Washington, PhD, MSW, a professor at the University of Georgia School of Social Work, said in a presentation at