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Racism and Its Impact on Healthcare

   

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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE1Mental Health PracticeStudent’s NameDate of Submission
Racism and Its Impact on Healthcare_1

MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE2Medical racism Racisms has great effects in the process of offering medical care and hence may influencethe healthcare outcomes. This essay will explore ways in which racism impact medical care interms of structures as well as institutions. It is a general requirement that for a racism to functionun the medical sector, there is a need for several healthcare systems to collaborate at a closerange (Feagin & Bennefield, 2014). Since medical care is an institution just like otherinstitutions, it is affected by cultural and racial differences in a society. In this case, an institutionis imposed too many burdens in such a way that some members of one race in the society reapsless medical benefits as compared to the other. For instance, racial differences may lead todisparities in terms of access to health care. In some health studies, there have been reporteddifferences in terms of provision of health care on the basis of racial differences. Literature studies indicate that in some places, there are varied differences in terms of therecommendations made regarding medical treatments. For instance, in the United States, whenhealth insurance was adjusted, the Whites received high chances of getting some treatments likechemo dialysis, bypass surgery, and pneumonia intensive care as compared to the Blacks(Feagin, 2017). On the other hand, women and the Blacks were more likely to receive cardiaccatheters when they were suffering from myocardial infarction as compared to males and Whites.Despite the fact that the rate of hospitalizations among the Blacks and Whites due to cardiacproblems, it is notable that the type and quality of health care services that they receive aredifferent, based on racial differences (Hardeman et al., 2016). An example is the health care inthe United States whereby the Latinos, more so the women cannot afford the medical insurancecover.
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