medical racism
Biased clinical treatment
Medical racism refers to discrimination against racial minorities within healthcare systems—from biased treatment decisions to disparities in pain management to underrepresentation in clinical trials.
The term also encompasses historically racist practices in medicine, such as nonconsensual experimentation on Black patients.
Medical racism can be individual (a doctor's prejudice) or systemic (algorithms that disadvantage certain groups): Studies show medical racism contributes to higher maternal mortality rates among Black women.
- disparitiesUnequal differences in condition
- health outcomesEffects on patient wellbeing
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- implicit biasAutomatic, unintentional stereotyping
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
unequal treatment · inequality · discrimination · Black · maternal · mortality · life expectancy · pain · pain management · undertreated · skin deep · Tuskegee · distrust · segregation · diagnosis · implicit · stereotypes · access
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- racial injusticediscrimination, segregation, Jim Crow, Jim Crow laws, redlining
medical racismpatient-centered care
Healthcare respecting individual priorities
evidence-based medicine · compassionate care · holistic care
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