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...Joseph Betancourt, in a speech called “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care” said both doctors and patients contribute to the disparities in care...
...Betancourt quoted studies showing that 100 more African-Americans per 100,000 die from heart disease and cancer than do whites, and that doctors were more likely to recommend cardiac catheterization testing for white men than black women even when their symptoms were identical...
...Betancourt said that he believes that communication between doctors and patients is one of the main barriers...
...faith helps me keep things in perspective when a given situation seems overwhelming or impossible," says Dharma E. Betancourt '00, vice president of Applied Christian Faith. "It energizes me, inspires me and drives me." The name of the group, Betancourt says, comes from its ultimate goal: "If we do not pursue the practical application of the doctrines, religion is merely dead letter...
English teacher Mary Betancourt, a MAGIC volunteer and Adam's mock-trial adviser at Moorestown High, says someone once defined a gentleman as a person who makes everyone comfortable, regardless of status. "That's Adam," she says. Depending on need, anywhere from a handful to hundreds of teens show up to take part in MAGIC projects in collaboration with Christmas in April and local organizations. (Today Adam is the only student on the board of directors of Camden's Christmas in April group.) For MAGIC, Adam has single-handedly raised more than $7,500 in grants, donations and supplies...