May 5th 12:20-1:15
 
Confronting Racial Bias in Medicine
Ethics & Approach
Dr. Stephanie White
DHMC & Geisel
 
The Geisel Ethics Interest Group (and the Undergraduate Bioethics Group) invite you to a lunchtime discussion about confronting racial bias in medicine. The discussion will be lead by DHMC & Geisel’s Dr. Stephanie White. We will be formulating the discussion around two recent articles How Doctors Can Confront Racial Bias in Medicine and The disturbing reason some African American patients may be undertreated for pain(links provided below). Snacks will be provided. 
 
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-doctors-can-confront-racial-bias-in-medicine/
www.scientificamerican.com
How Doctors Can Confront Racial Bias in Medicine. To tackle it, doctors need to think hard about what it means to be “objective”

 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/04/04/do-blacks-feel-less-pain-than-whites-their-doctors-may-think-so/
 
Where: Chilcott Auditorium
When: Thursday, May 5
Time: 12:20-1:15
RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W982JWN