PSYCH 167AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cancer Pain, Magical Negro, Unnecessary Health Care
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Martin luther king jr. quote: of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and in humane. Study in 2013: blacks and hispanics received worse care than whites for about. Perhaps black patients pain is recognized but not treated. Perhaps black patients pain is not recognized and thus cannot be treated. Irish,italians,jewish and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked their way up. Ps answered how much pain they would feel in various scenarios (e. g. , i slam my hand in a car door; i cut myself with a sheet of paper) Ps answered how much pain a black or white target person would feel in those scenarios. 418 first-, second-, third-year medical students and residents; 222 us-born. Two medical cases about a black and a white patient suffering from kidney stones and a bone fracture. Pain ratings: 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain) Treatment recommendation: open-response, coded 1 (accurate) or 0 (inaccurate)
