by Deann Gayman | University Communication
Deirdre Cooper Owens is telling the stories of the past that can point us in the right direction in the future.
Her book, “Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and Origins of American Gynecology,” lays groundwork for understanding how structural racism was seeded in health care and how it continues to play a role in the health outcomes of minorities to this day, including in the COVID-19 pandemic that is disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic communities.
Cooper Owens, the Charles and Linda Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, sat down for a conversation with Nebraska Today to discuss her scholarship, the past and present of health care in the United States, epidemics, and what comes next.
Read "Asked and Answered" here:
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/history-shows-covid-19-can-be-catalyst-for-change/