Is there a racial "care gap" in medical treatment? [Video]

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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/is-there-a-racial-care-gap-in-medical-treatment/

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A new survey has found implicit biases in medical students that may explain why black patients are sometimes undertreated for pain, with some students believing that black people feel less pain and have thicker skin than white people.

Reporter: Gwen Ifill, NewsHour

Interviewees:

Dorothy Roberts, JD, University of Pennsylvania.
David Satin, MD, University of Minnesota

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