5 Areas Where Black Patients Commonly Face Discrimination

Healthcare these days can be a complicated and frustrating mess.  Especially when you’re facing potential discrimination based on your sex, gender, age, or race! As a Black patient, you may have encountered certain, shall we say, less-than-stellar doctor visits. In some cases, discrepancies happen because you and your doctor lack that rapport that is so vital.  But in other cases, your doctor may be intentionally acting on biases and stereotypes that dramatically impact your treatment, outcomes, and everything else… The facts are the facts. In the U.S., Black patients face significant challenges when seeking medical care, especially relative to other races and ethnicities.  Let’s cover the following five areas where the Black patient is most likely to face discrimination. 1. Pain Mismanagement We all deal with pain from time to time, but from time to time, it’s more than just pain. It’s exhausting, debilitating, terrible pain.  Whether you find yourself barely able to function due to pain, or you simply want to address an annoying issue, you deserve the best care you can get. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. In some cases, you barely get something that even works!  There are known reasons for this. Firstly, studies indicate that doctors...