Tending to Ozarks ri-Ṃajeļ Health
Host Marcina Langrine talks with Marshallese Physician, Dr. Sheldon Riklon who discusses managing the complex health care challenges of ri-Ṃajeļs as a result of foreign colonization and lingering radiation caused by U.S. Cold War nuclear weapons testing on the Marshall Islands. Dr. Riklon is a Family Medicine Physician, formally based in Hawaii, who joined University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest faculty in August 2016. He divides his time between the Family Medicine Residency Program in the UAMS Office of Research and Community Health and the nonprofit Community Clinic in Springdale where he serves Marshallese patients.
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