In the last decade, smartphone technology and social media forced non-black Americans to see firsthand the racism that black Americans regularly face. When a black doctor abused a white doctor at Indiana University North Hospital, she went to Facebook to tell her story.
Now, after her death, the video Susan Moore posted from a hospital bed get a second look.
‘I ask for an external review of this matter. We will have a diverse panel of healthcare and diversity experts who will thoroughly investigate dr. Moore’s concerns about addressing the possible bias of the treatment, “said Dennis Murphy, president and CEO of Indiana University Health, in a statement. reported by The Associated Press (AP).
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Moore, who died on Dec. 20, said the doctor relieved her pain and was reluctant to give additional relief or examination. Research shows that many people in the medical field to this day have false beliefs about black patients, including that they feel less pain than others.
“If I were white, I would have to maintain it,” she said in the video. “This is how black people are killed when you send them home, and they do not know how to fight for themselves.”
Moore was sent home and returned to another hospital less than 12 hours later, where she later died.
According to a ‘preliminary medical quality assessment’, Murphy said that according to the AP he did not believe the medical team had ‘the technical aspects’ of Moore’s failure, but ‘may not have the degree of compassion and respect we are striving for’ . to understand what is most important to patients. ”
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