My teenage daughter needs surgery and I keep wondering if the surgeon would take more care if we were white, but I feel guilty for even thinking that because this doctor seems kind and competent.
More people experience this than they realize.
The person struggles with the cognitive dissonance of needing to trust a system they know has historically failed people who look like them.
“Where Are You with Healthcare equity and structural racism in medicine?”
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