Ja-born oncologist says fear, distrust preventing early detection, treatment of cancers [Video]

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The history of racially motivated experimentation on black Americans within the United States health system – often conducted without their knowledge or consent – has had a detrimental impact on black healthcare in the country, asserts Jamaican-American oncologist Dr Fitzroy Dawkins.
In an interview with The Sunday Gleaner last week, he said denial, distrust and fear – of the disease itself and of being used as guinea pigs – looms large in the cancer culture in African Americans, and during active practice, he tried to change the deep-seated positions.

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