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Shawn Smith
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Published in Momentum

·Oct 28, 2020

Medical Bias? There’s a Bill Brewing That Could Help Stem It.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduces legislation that formally identifies systemic racism as a public health crisis — Most physicians think they treat all patients the same, but we know that is a lie. Just like there is a stark disparity in Covid-19 deaths in Black patients (two times higher) and Latinx patients (one times higher) compared with White patients, there are similar life-or-death outcomes in Black and…

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Medical Bias? There’s a Bill Brewing That Could Help Stem It.
Medical Bias? There’s a Bill Brewing That Could Help Stem It.
Public Health

4 min read

Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith

23 Followers

Shawn M. Smith, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Public Voices Fellow through the Op Ed Project

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