Why Empathy is Essential for Achieving Health Equity

In this episode, hosts Jim Knickman and Brian Elbel discuss the challenges of advancing health equity with Dr. Jewel Mullen (associate dean for health equity at the University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School) and Dr. Lourdes Rodriguez (CEO of the Rockefeller Fund). During their conversation they discuss the importance of language, using awareness of health inequities in the health care system, technology and equity, empathy and love, and more.