Contra Costa Times Profiles Oakland-Based African-American Doctor Specializing in HIV/AIDS Treatment
The Contra Costa Times today profiles Dr. Robert Scott, an African-American physician in Oakland, Calif., who bases his treatment of people with HIV/AIDS not only on medication but also on "a holistic approach to medicine rooted in his intense devotion to his community." Scott, who treats mostly African-American patients, has been seeing HIV/AIDS patients since the disease was first recognized in the early 1980s (Silber, Contra Costa Times, 8/26). The article is available online.
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