Sheetal DeCaria, a physician specializing in unconscious bias in medicine, highlights how these biases can affect chronic pain treatment. She discusses the need for healthcare professionals to self-reflect to improve patient outcomes. Shoshana Ungerleiter, host of TED Health, elaborates on how these biases disproportionately impact Black women, leading to disparities in care. Together, they call for empathy, self-advocacy, and systemic reforms to address the deep-rooted issues in healthcare treatment for marginalized groups.
