More Than One Medical Student At UVA Believes Black People Don't Feel Pain

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63. Thanks for looking it up!

I'll comment that the paper is found at the National Institutes of Health, an incredible research facility thats part of the Department of Health located in Bethesda, Maryland.

The study's author have conducted tons of research work in pain management. The following is from your link. Thanks.

Practice Points

- Ethnic differences in pain responses and pain management are persistent and despite advances in pain care, ethnic minorities remain at risk for inadequate pain control.
- A duty to examine any potential stereotyping, personal prejudice or bias must be present during clinical decision making and consultation should be obtained when inequitable treatment decisions are conceivable.
- Studies should report the ethnic characteristics of their samples.
- Clinicians should make every effort to increase their cultural sensitivity and awareness in order to improve treatment outcomes for minority patients.
- Given that ethnic groups may differ in the outcomes of specific treatments, ethnicity should be one factor that clinicians consider when selecting and recommending treatments.
- Future studies should also examine within-group differences and interactions with other relevant factors (e.g., sex and age).
- The mechanisms underlying ethnic differences in pain response are multifactorial and complex; longitudinal studies examining multiple factors known to influence disparities should be undertaken.