Black Americans Tend To Live With Unmanaged Pain When Under-Prescribed Opioids Due To Racial Bias, E
Dr. Utsha Khatri says it's safe to say that black patients who are under-prescribed opioids end up living with unmanaged pain.
A study published in Epidemiology found because of racial bias, doctors are less likely to prescribe narcotics if a patient is black. Further analysis estimated 14,000 black American lives were spared as a result — a conclusion some experts take issue with because it ignores how much damage racism in health care can cause.
One aspect of this is the harms of being
