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Does Your Doctor Judge You Based on Your Color?
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, rights, society, politics, culture, racism, health, healthcare )

Cal
- 127 days ago - cnn.com
It shouldn't matter if you're black or white, but when it comes to medical care, it seems the color of your skin can influence how your doctor treats you
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Dana H. (183)
Thursday July 23, 2009, 5:27 pm
TYVM Cal for this piece, I also want to add that its not only the color the doctors go by, they will also profile you for certain diseases you have ie:hepatitis C...thanks again for this.
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (251)
Monday July 27, 2009, 3:12 pm
I think I agree, but if the facts are there, and it is well known that certain people are in the higher risk group it is not a bad thing, as long as they are not treated badly due to their colour... One needs to know to if they have some disease or not,
 
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