A common reaction I get to people finding out that I’m a type 1 diabetic is a nodding of their heads and comments about how their grandparents share my ailment. I smile knowingly, often underpinning the significance of this disease ...
Although American doctors are revered for their life-saving practices, it often goes unnoticed that they, too, make medical errors. Sometimes, these are physical errors, although others are shrouded in implicit bias. Implicit bias fills the hospital halls and disproportionately affects ...