Vernellia Randall

excerpted from:  Vernellia Randall, Slavery Segregation and Racism : Trusting the Health Care System Ain't Always Easy! An African American Perspective on Bioethics , 15 Saint Louis University Public Law Review 191- 235 (1996) (264 footnotes omitted).

 I am a registered nurse and a family nurse practitioner. I have a master's degree in nursing. I practiced nursing for 15 years in Alaska and Washington. I write and work in the area of health care law. I understand the health care system and the legal system . . . I am African American and trust the health care system to work in ways that ultimately will harm my people.