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Racism in Healthcare
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Racism in
Healthcare
Saul Alcala
Which of these two people do you think would more likely be preferred as a doctor ?
Introduction
Doctor 1
Doctor 2
Racism in Healthcare during Henrietta Lacks' Time
Jim Crow Laws
- enforced racial segregation between 1877 and the 1950s
Jim Crow Laws
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
- far from Henrietta Lacks' home
- separate ward for people of color
Lack of Required Informed Consent
- hospital provides free services to patients of color, patient forcibly repays through unknowingly providing tissue samples
Lack of Required Informed Consent
How it affects Doctors
- doctors of color often have their abilities questioned
"I recently spoke to physicians at a major New York area medical center and found that roughly 40% of the physicians in attendance had experienced this themselves or knew someone who had been rejected by a patient based on race or ethnicity,"(Howard).
“An 80-year old patient with dementia began hitting me on the head when I checked in on her for my daily visit. Pointing to my headscarf, she said, ‘I don’t want someone with that taking care of me.’”, is a direct example of this (Saadi).
- In 2013, a neonatal nurse sued Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, claiming that she was reassigned when a man requested that no black people care for his baby (Erb).
Racism in Healthcare Today
Racism in Healthcare Today
How it affects Patients
- Patients often receive different care based on their race
- According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, “two-thirds of medical professionals display unconscious racial bias.”
Hispanic Patients are likely to receive different treatments and care
“Studies show that Hispanics are less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to receive major therapeutic procedures for 38% of the 63 conditions examined and more likely for 6% of the conditions.”(Andrews)
African-American patients are likely to be viewed as drug-seeking when they complain about their pains.
“A patient of mine recently shared a story with me about her visit to an area emergency room a few years ago. She had a painful medical condition. The emergency room staff not only did not treat her pain, but she recounted: “They treated me like I was trying to play them, like I was just trying to get pain meds out of them. They didn’t try to make any diagnosis or help me at all. They couldn’t get rid of me fast enough.”(Tello)
Sunmary
- Racism in Healthcare during Henrietta Lacks' time
- Jim Crow laws
- Lack of required informed consent
- Racism in Healthcare Today
- How it affects patients
- How it affects doctors