What Some White Doctors Believe About Black Patients Is Shocking
- Living Healthy
- April 11, 2016
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READ MOREDoctors are some of the smartest people in our society. They are expected to be impartial and give equal care to everyone regardless of race, after all we’re all still human. But there has been research that proves black and Hispanic patients who reported severe pain were 22% less likely to get pain medication. Women
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