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The Polack MSgt

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1. African Americans get less pain meds and wait longer for therapies and treatments
Thu Dec 5, 2019, 03:44 PM
Dec 2019

even when their ailments have known, approved and effective treatments available.

Why is that?

Perhaps because of the racist beliefs of the medical community?

Just as 1 indicator, approximately half of doctors surveyed believed that Blacks felt pain at a lower intensity than whites or Asians.

The medical field is a bastion of upper crust white wealth and privilege.



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