Restorative Justice: The Life and Death of Jean Cowsert, MD.

As the sun rose on January 30, 1967, Jean Cowsert, MD's body lay crumpled by her front steps in Mobile, Alabama. She had been working late, at the kitchen table, when a rock crashed through the window. Armed with her revolver, she went to investigate. The Mobile coroner concluded that the cause of death was a single bullet to the chest and, lacking witnesses, classified the death as an “accident.” His report and that of the police investigation disappeared. Only in 2023 did that death emerge as key to a larger story of the struggle to end segregated hospital care.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research