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To Be Young, A Doctor And Black: Overcoming Racial Barriers In Medical Training

Dr. Danielle Hairston, a psychiatry residency director at Howard University in Washington, D.C., trains and mentors young black doctors. Quraishia Ford hide caption

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To Be Young, A Doctor And Black: Overcoming Racial Barriers In Medical Training

Young African American doctors say they hope to change the lack of access to medicine in underserved communities. But many say the system that trains them also alienates them.

To Be Young, A Doctor And Black: Overcoming Racial Barriers In Medical Training

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