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AMA Apology to Black Physicians: the Schenectady Connection

By Dave Lucas

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-730452.mp3

Schenectady, NY – Last week, the American Medical Association publicly apologized for a policy that barred black physicians from membership, creating what some referred to as "medical apartheid" in the United States. That apology resulted from a study whose lead author is based in Schenectady - Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports