Racism in Health: the harms of biased medicine
Nature Podcast
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Is There a Difference Between Light and Dark Skin?
Joel's teacher was able to answer his question. But in that class, Joel and his peers were only told about how cyanosis manifests in patients with light skin. The same is true for many other conditions of the skin. And that is a big knowledge gap for some future doctors. Doctors may not know how to properly diagnose someone as they're not used to seeing how a disease would manifest for them. Joe Graves: "The way our board exams exist now, individuals are there by socially defined race"
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