Racism & Health | Dennis Pocekay | TEDxMSJHS

Dennis Pocekay discusses the effects of racism in healthcare.

Dennis Pocekay is a retired Kaiser Permanente Physician (Internal Medicine/Occupational Medicine), currently advising HOSA students at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, teaching undergrad Intro to Public Health at UC Davis, and precepting medical students at the Paul Hom Free Asian Clinic in Sacramento. He has long been interested in the social determinants of health.

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