Study links disparities in pain management to racial bias
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 21:40
in Health & Medicine
Disparities in pain management may be attributable in part to bias, a new report suggests. The research has documented that black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans, likely due to both the over-prescription and over-use of pain medications among white patients and the under-prescription of pain medications for black patients.