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I suppose the same way they controlled for idiot bigots in this study. Since the outcome measure is mortality, someone would have to be super racist to die in

I suppose the same way they controlled for idiot bigots in this study. Since the outcome measure is mortality, someone would have to be super racist to die in order to prove a point. All joking aside, you could look at patients who are unconscious who never see the race or gender of the physician, and stuff like that. These are solvable problems and people have been doing useful studies with racist participants for decades.

petesergeant 2y ago
> someone would have to be super racist to die in order to prove a point I don't think that's true. Seeking a second opinion based on the race of the first doctor, variable treatment compliance by race of prescriber, willingness to discuss and understand a condition, poorer quality concordance, declining to follow a referral to a specialist of a certain race, etc, are all examples of "small" decisions someone could take based on racism that would likely show up in aggregate in mortality outcomes.