X-ray procedures and Black people

Item Information

Title:
X-ray procedures and Black people
Description:
Chester Aaron, chief technologist of the X-ray department at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, discusses the common practice of giving Blacks heavier exposure during X-ray procedures. The interviewers are Dennis Lawrence, producer of KPFA's "Science Report," and Don Porsche, news director at KPFA.
Production company:
KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.)
Date:
June 16, 1968
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Talk Show
Location:
Pacifica Radio Archives
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
Pacifica Radio Archives
Subjects:
Race and Ethnicity
Public Affairs
Radiology, Medical--History
African Americans--Civil rights--History
Extent:
01:02:17
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-28-707wm1403r
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