A controversial study suggesting just that:
“Our research shows that surgeons who have less experience with the off-pump technique are more likely to perform this technique on black patients, rather than on white patients,” said Professor Dana Mukamel of the University of California, Irvine.“Racial disparities in access to heath care are well known throughout the United States. Black and minority groups usually do not have as much access as white patients to the latest technologies in medical care. However, in the case of off-pump CABG surgery they have more access, which is mostly due to surgeries performed by less experienced surgeons.”
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AIDS is rampant in Africa , millions of kids are not vaccinated and someone is spending money to fund this kind of dumbass quasipolitical , race baiting nonsense?
Racebaiting? AIDs, lack of vaccines, etc. are just another side of the same coin. Racebaiting and racecard simply attempt to devalue valid arguments.
Yes, whether blacks in the US get carotid endarterectomies by less experienced surgeons is much more important than a pandemic.
This was a waste of research money and from reading the article , it looks suspiciously like there was a predetermined outcome.
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