Healthcare and Religion Lecture Series
John Welch, MDiv, PhD
Theologian, Medical Ethicist, Community Engagement Consultant
Abstract: Stigmatized groups and particularly African Americans have for centuries been victims of chronic racialized trauma resulting from a variety of social determinants. This trauma has had negative health implications including mental health challenges that can lead to complex patient/provider interactions and often leave their need for palliative therapies unaddressed. This talk will address how religious and spiritual beliefs affect African American patients’ seeking/not-seeking mental healthcare, and how religious/faith institutions have themselves perpetuated racism.
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Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law, Department of Religious Studies, and Palliative and Supportive Institute of UPMC
Location and Address
Online