Dirty little secret: disparities in medical care

NDY explains what minorities face in the medical system.

and points out the dirty little secret: That "assisted suicide" will be used against the disabled, especially if they are minorities, either by coercion, by denying them adequate pain medication, or  by stealth euthanasia  denying them proper care in the hospital.

Black people like me with chronic pain avoid the emergency room because we are treated like drug addicts.

Black people, particularly women, get sent home to die because we are not believed. COVID-19 lays bare the racism and ableism behind rationing and so-called medical futility decisions.

Black quadriplegic Michael Hickson was denied COVID-19 treatment because reportedly it was determined that he had little quality of life...

Assisted suicide endangers seniors, sick people, disabled people, poor people, and Black and brown people. As long as racial disparities and disability discrimination exist in health care, assisted suicide cannot be the answer.

and yes, a lot of physicians look down on minorities, a lot of medical personnel don't understand the many cultures of our patients, and the business idea of efficiency makes it worse because we don't have time to actually talk to them about trivia, which is one way to actually get to know the person you are treated.

Sigh.