Publications Policy Paper

Preventing racial bias for equal access to health care

Equal access to health care requires combating racial bias. A large-scale survey of emergency care physicians in Germany identifies main challenges in this endeavour. While doctors show high awareness of structural discrimination, the study reveals persisting contributing factors to racially biased thinking: stress due to cost-cutting, culturally coded prejudice, and a legal and bureaucratic environment that impedes providing needed care.

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