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When medical professionals discover systemic discrimination in patient care

Our medical practice partnership discovered that our hospital system has been systematically undertreating patients from certain zip codes, and we're caught between our oath to do no harm and the reality that speaking up could get us fired and potentially make things worse for the patients we're trying to protect.

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Healthcare workers must reconcile their ethical obligations with institutional pressures when challenging discrimination could cost them their ability to provide any care at all.

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