Addressing Clinician-Perpetuated Interpersonal Racism Against Black Patients with Serious Illness in Clinical Settings

Joni S Williams^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. jswilliams@mcw.edu.
² Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI, 53226-3596, USA. jswilliams@mcw.edu.

Editorial

Joni S Williams. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;39(11):1959-1961.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08716-8.

Joni S Williams^{1

2}

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. jswilliams@mcw.edu.
² Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Milwaukee, WI, 53226-3596, USA. jswilliams@mcw.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author reports no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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