Same Biology, Different Results: Bias in Medicine
Authored by: Suri Wang Art by: Carla Hu "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and most inhuman because it often results in physical death." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1966) While healthcare is seen as a benevolent and nonjudgemental field, health professionals often exhibit implicit biases (unconscious biases based on perceptions and stereotypes) against patients that are part of marginalized groups based on race, economic status, and gender. Medical...