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  2. Medical racism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Racialized minority groups report experiencing both overt and covert racism in healthcare interactions. Implicit bias is also seen in mental health services, which are plagued by disparities viewed through lenses of racial and cultural diversity. Much of the discrimination that occurs is not intentional.

  3. Race and health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Even when controlling for socioeconomic status, racial divides in health persist. For example, Black Americans with college degrees have worse health outcomes than White and Hispanic Americans who have high school diplomas. [24] Studies on heart disease mortality have found that gaps between Black and White Americans exist at every education level.

  4. Race and health - Wikipedia

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    Addressing these structural issues is crucial for improving health equity and reducing the systemic disadvantages faced by racial and ethnic minorities. [22] Macias-Konstantopoulos et al. (2023) highlight how these factors disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), leading to significant health-care inequities.

  5. Racism is rampant in health care and a new memoir reveals how ...

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    "Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine", by Dr. Uché Blackstock takes a critical look at the intersection of racism and healthcare.

  6. ‘Systemic racial bias’ likely in health services around the ...

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    The Health Secretary said non-white people could trust the NHS with their health, but said it was important to see what more could be done. ‘Systemic racial bias’ likely in health services ...

  7. Federal review 'raises concerns' about care for Black ... - AOL

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    The health system said it had started instituting measures to improve health outcomes for Black mothers well before the initiation of the federal review, including introducing implicit bias ...

  8. Institutional racism - Wikipedia

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    Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is a form of institutional discrimination based on race or ethnic group and can include policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society or organization that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others.

  9. Black maternal mortality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For many years, African Americans in medicine and healthcare have faced racial injustices. Understanding what factors contribute to the racial disparity in maternal health outcomes is critical because it can illuminate where and how to address such a complex issue and focus the scope of public health prevention programs. [19]