Terminology
True or False: Implicit bias in the medical field is defined as medical myths leading a doctor to give better care for black patients compared to white patients
False. Doctors will give worse care for black patients compared to white patients
True or False: Black women are perceived as having a higher pain tolerance compared to other women
True
True or false: Affirmative action caused a decrease in 9% of Black people in the medical field
False. There was a decrease of 12% of Black people in the medical field
True or False: You receive anesthesia for IUD insertion.
False
The systematic discrimination of someone or a group of people based on their race
Racism
insurance, once called Obamacare, that comes from employment, covers medication, and offers medicaid
Affordable Care Act
Group of people that were policed and devalued as unqualified
Community healers
The unequal medical treatment of one due to their race.
Medical Racism
What is the name of "the father of gynecology" who conducted on Black women, with no anesthesia?
James Marion Sims
A practice that involves advocating for policies and practices that promote health equity.
Policy Advocacy
The name of the woman who's cells were used for research without consent
Henrietta Lacks
Failure to recognize or correctly diagnose a disease or condition especially in a significant proportion of patients
Under diagnosis
A study conducted from 1932 to 1972 on black men with syphilis
Tuskegee Study
This term refers to the disproportionate burden of illness and premature death experienced by marginalized groups.
Health Disparities
Medical care withheld if Black patients weren’t sterilized
Eugenics movement