“I had encounters with so many elderly people who had never seen a lady with a white jacket. They knew I was a student and they said, ‘come back, we need our doctors to be people who really care about us,’ and that put a burning piece in my heart. ”
Maxine Hayes, clinical professor emerita of pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
The title of Maxine Hayes’ virtual talk last Tuesday as part of the Celebration of Inclusiveness in Medicine and Science Distinguished Lecture Series was “Righting the Wrong of Racial Injustice in Health.” It was a title she chose with care.