What we choose to measure is a statement of what we value inhealth,” he explains.7 We might edit his statement to add that it’s a measure of who wevalue in health, too.

she had to demand that her medical team perform additional tests in orderto diagnose her own postnatal complications—and because she was Serena Williams,twenty-three-time grand slam champion, they complied.11 “If I wasn’t who I am, itcould have been me,” she told Glamour, referring to the fact that the privilege sheexperienced as a tennis star intersected with the oppression she experienced as a Black

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