I wonder if you saw the following Twitter thread recently; it popped up in my timeline a few days ago.
Why we need more black men in medicine. I had a patient this week who came in with left leg weakness over the last week. Younger black guy in his 30s. Brain MRI clearly indicates multiple sclerosis. So we all go in during morning rounds to give my man his diagnosis.
— SI6HTS (@Oga_DoctorBlue) August 23, 2018
It’s an anecdote about a black patient who is at risk of misunderstanding his chronic disease diagnosis and thus not getting the care he needs, that is until a black doctor is able to connect with him. The barrier is not one of language but seemingly of comfort or perhaps even trust.
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