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>> A doctor trained in India is no less qualified than a doctor trained in the US. This might be objectively true (which you could reasonably determine through
by andrewparker 13y ago
>> A doctor trained in India is no less qualified than a doctor trained in the US.
This might be objectively true (which you could reasonably determine through some combination of standardize testing and surgery complications/outcomes), but if you ask 100 people on the street in US whether they would prefer to see a US MD or an Indian MD for their heart surgery, I bet 97 or higher would prefer the US MD. The tiny remainder would probably show no preference.
Their is a brand power of a US medical education, which is especially strong for US patients.
- pessimizer 13y agoI think it's probably just racism. I bet you'd see similar outcomes if you let people choose between white doctors and Indian-American doctors, even if the white doctor was the foreign one.
- tripzilch 13y agoI agree but not sure if it's quite racism, more like prejudice. If it were a relatively poor or say (ex-) communist country with white doctors they'd be wary too.
- apalmer 13y agoNaw, not true, at least on the east coast indian doctors (with american MDs) are common and are not generally viewed as 'inferior' in any way to caucasian doctors.
- rdouble 13y agoIn rural america often times the only doctors are Indian or Pakistani.
- pessimizer 13y agoThere are so many Indian doctors that it's almost become a stereotype of Indians. I'm just saying that given a choice, the white doctor gets chosen, rather than the US-educated one.