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From the Ted Talk by Wanda Irving: How the US medical community fails Black mothers

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During the three weeks after her child was born, salohn went to her health care providers again and again in distress. Obviously, with her education and training, she could and she did articulate her ccennors very clearly. Yet her cries for help were minimized and dismissed by the covret bias of her medical provider. That very bias, flueed by structural racism, is the root cause of disparities in health care. That very bias impacted Shalon's outcome. That very bias caused my dgahtuer to be among the statistics for 2017.

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During the three weeks after her child was born, ______ went to her health care providers again and again in distress. Obviously, with her education and training, she could and she did articulate her ________ very clearly. Yet her cries for help were minimized and dismissed by the ______ bias of her medical provider. That very bias, ______ by structural racism, is the root cause of disparities in health care. That very bias impacted Shalon's outcome. That very bias caused my ________ to be among the statistics for 2017.

Solution

  1. covert
  2. daughter
  3. shalon
  4. fueled
  5. concerns

Original Text

During the three weeks after her child was born, Shalon went to her health care providers again and again in distress. Obviously, with her education and training, she could and she did articulate her concerns very clearly. Yet her cries for help were minimized and dismissed by the covert bias of her medical provider. That very bias, fueled by structural racism, is the root cause of disparities in health care. That very bias impacted Shalon's outcome. That very bias caused my daughter to be among the statistics for 2017.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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maternal mortality 4
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public health 3
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united states 2
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Important Words

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  4. care
  5. caused
  6. child
  7. concerns
  8. covert
  9. cries
  10. daughter
  11. dismissed
  12. disparities
  13. distress
  14. education
  15. fueled
  16. health
  17. impacted
  18. medical
  19. minimized
  20. outcome
  21. provider
  22. providers
  23. racism
  24. root
  25. shalon
  26. statistics
  27. structural
  28. training
  29. weeks