How will medicine address this problem (photo 1) and this problem (photos 2/3)? Racism denial is severely inhibiting in efforts to address race based disparities. Ideas #Medtwitter ?
I refuse to pretend or secretly express my horror at medical professionals who hold overtly racist beliefs about their patients.
Are these the medical professionals we are risking seeing when we enter a clinic or hospital?
Intro text for all health care professionals who are wondering what medical racism is. It’s medicine dirty secret. “We” explain structural, social, economic and political drivers of racial disparities by pointing to inherent biological differences and/or individual behaviors.
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