Disparities in care for blacks linked to segregation, unconscious bias
Racist Doctors
New Study Shows 66% of Doctors (And Nurses) Are Racially Biased Towards Their Black Patients. A recent test given to doctors and nurses showed that 2/3 of them are unconsciously biased against their African American, Hispanic and other minority patients. During the study, which was published in Annals of Family Medicine, Just how legit was this test? Very legit! It's called the Implicit Association Test, and it has been used in more than 700 studies around the world.
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