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In her impactful book "Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism in Medicine," Dr. Uché Blackstock honors her late mother, Dr. Dale Gloria Blackstock. A Harvard-educated physician, Dr. Dale dedicated her life to serving patients at Kings County H...
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