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Social determinants of health



Institutional racism in the healthcare system

Automatic White bias in medical education
Only White people could go to medical school and practice medicine.

Still majority white doctors

In-group empathy
Racial Bias
Legacy of slavery and colonialism in medical education
Black people feeling pain
Higher prevalences of diseases being treated as natural
See also: Slavery hypertension hypothesis

Things that are actually taught at medical school


Anti-racism movement in medical system

Social determinants of health
Resources
Racism
Insurance
Housing
Distance from doctor
Income


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