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Racism & Sickle Cell / Racism in Healthcare
There has always been a huge conversation surrounding the treatment of sickle cell patients and it has been a prominent topic within the community for a very long time.
As we know sickle cell predominantly affects the Black community, and with this racial profiling and misdiagnosis have been very common.
A 2016 study found many white medical students wrongly believe Black people have a higher pain tolerance than white people. Of all the participants, 73% held at least one false belief about the biological differences between races.
Have you experienced racism within a healthcare setting?
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there is no racism like this where i live, it would be very bad really.
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It’s great to hear that you aren’t experiencing this where you live @virus
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