Studies have also shown inter-group empathy gaps. Or, basically, white people don't believe black people's pain [to the same extent], similarly with men and women.
That's probably also a factor.
That's probably also a factor.
If a guy is rushed into the ER, you, as a doctor or nurse, don't have to believe anything. Just run the patient through the proper protocols, regardless of race, age or gender.
Otherwise what's the Hippocratic Oath all about?
But out in the real world after we step away from these screens, the futility of that demand becomes clear. You and I commit implicitly biased acts on a routine basis that we don't even notice.
Doctors don't under-treat black patients' pain because they explicitly dislike black people. They do so due to implicit bias. You cannot admonish people into shedding their implicit biases. The solution is to build a system that is resilient to implicit bias.
So your "implicit bias" is right. Most of the time we engage in it unconsciously.
Sometimes that "implicit bias shows up as racism, nepotism or some other form of favoritism.
> Doctors don't under-treat black patients' pain because they explicitly dislike black people. They do so due to implicit bias.
No necessarily true. A racist doctor will under-treat black patients simply because he's racist. And note that I'm referring to a racist doctor, because not all white doctors are racist.
There are people who will call the ambulance or show up at the ER, claiming pain, when in fact they are 'simply' looking for drugs to meet their addiction.
The only person who knows how much pain the patient is actually experiencing is the patient themself. However, blindly relying on them to accurately report that level pain is simply not an option, given the potential for abuse.
Your perception is at least partly emotional.