Racial bias can seep into U.S. patients’ medical notes
“Refused” and “unwilling” are among the words more likely to appear in Black patients’ charts
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Negative and stigmatizing language appeared more often in the charts of Black patients than white patients, report two new studies that analyzed the electronic health record.
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