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In Clinical Trials, Minorities More Likely to Feel Like Guinea Pigs

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Susan Hidalgo-Smith

Published July 13, 2014 at 4:12 PM CDT

Dr. Charles Wood, now a radiation oncologist at the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, thought he was communicating well with all his patients while in training in Philadelphia a decade ago. But he found that twice as many non-white than white patients there believed they'd been treated in a clinical trial unknowingly.

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Susan Hidalgo-Smith

Susanhas long been part of the WRKF family. Having been indoctrinated in public broadcasting as on-air talent formembership campaigns at LPB,WRKF asked her to be the development director at the radio station. She went on to serve as WRKF's underwriting manager for 12 years and then the special events director for another three.Susan, part of a family of doctors, can't help but be fascinated with medicine and health. Out of that fascination came the award-winning "Conversations in Medicineâ

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In Clinical Trials, Minorities More Likely to Feel Like Guinea Pigs

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