Keisha Ray discusses using stories to teach medical students about racial bias
A recent article in Stat focuses on writing among physicians as a way to share their stories. In the article, “Emotional Dry Cleaning: A Writer Helps Doctors Share Their Stories—and Their Pain,” Keisha Ray, PhD, discusses using stories to teach…
Keisha Ray organizes collection of essays for Journal of Medical Humanities
For the current issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities, Keisha Ray, PhD, organized a collection of essays entitled, “Black Bioethics in the Age of Black Lives Matter.” Ray authored one piece in the collection alongside Faith E. Fletcher, PhD,…
New paper from Keisha Ray discusses citation bias
Keisha Ray, PhD, recently published a commentary with fellow coauthors about bias in citation patterns and practice. They discussed that past research has demonstrated that an author’s gender, race, and nationality can affect whether they are cited. To address such…
Keisha Ray publishes Racism and Health Equity briefing book
Published by The Hastings Center earlier this month, Keisha Ray, PhD, wrote Racism and Health Equity. The piece is part of Bioethics Briefings and presents highlights about racism and health equity, including that poor health outcomes can result from racism…
Keisha Ray publishes paper about iatrogenic harms for Black people from clinicians’ racial bias
“Clinicians’ Racial Biases as Pathways to Iatrogenic Harms for Black People” is the title of a recent article in the AMA Journal of Ethics by Keisha Ray, PhD. In the paper, Ray discusses that, in addition to structural inequities contributing…