Amid lack of accountability for bias in maternity care, a California family seeks justice.

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Amid lack of accountability for bias in maternity care, a California family seeks justice.

August 16, 2023

Kwon S. KFF Health News. August 8, 2023

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Implicit bias and systemic racism are known to affect the safety of Black maternal care. This story describes an incident of maternal death and the family’s effort to demonstrate the role of discrimination in the outcome and hold the clinicians and organization involved responsible.

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