(Her)Story & (His)tory: A Narrative of Medical Gynecology in Pursuit of Cultural Competence and Health Equity

Friday, October 19, 2018 noon to 1 p.m.

SNMA/AMWA Lunch and Learn

Location: COM 104

Deleso Alford, J.D., L.L.M, a professor at the Florida A&M College of Law and an adjunct faculty member at COM, will speak on Dr. James Marion Sims, a 19th-century physician often called the “father of gynecology” who experimented on enslaved women to advance the specialty. She will discuss medical ethics and how this chapter of gynecological history may help explain why underserved groups experience disparities in care today.

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