Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Care of Women and Newborns.

MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs

Dr. Lynn Clark Callister is a Professor Emerita, College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, and an Editorial Board Member of MCN . Dr. Callister can be reached via email at

Published: November 2021

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