Treating Deaths in the Criminal Justice System and Violence in Communities as Public Health Issues: Dr. Roger Mitchell, Immediate Past President of the National Medical Association and Co-Author of Death in Custody
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Forensic pathologist Dr. Roger Mitchell joins Raise the Line host Michael Carrese to discuss his efforts to improve tracking of deaths in the criminal justice system, why communities exposed to violence may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the risk to safety net hospitals from recent Medicaid cuts, and the history and mission of the National Medical Association, the largest and oldest organization representing the interests of Black physicians and their patients.
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