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Thank you. That linked paper is one that I ended up reading over the summer. I have observed differences in treatment of pain, but have not felt that the differences were attributable to the idea that healthcare workers truly believe that AAs had a higher pain tolerance/threshold. My concern, rather, has been that the disparity may be related to simply not believing the pain report.

Study Links Disparities in Pain Management to Racial Bias | UVA Today

This is a more interesting read:

Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others' Pain

Thanks for posting the links. I'm eager to read them. I find this subject fascinating.

From my observation on surgical ward, AA has much lower threshold of pain and require more painkillees and are more difficult to settle.

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