Empathy for diverse patient perspectives
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Empathy for diverse patient perspectives

Damien Ridge Professor of health studies, University of Westminster, SURECAN

The healthcare experience for patients of minority ethnic heritage can be tainted by bias, with outcomes suffering. So what can we do to address that inequality?

The issues patients from minority ethic backgrounds experience when seeking healthcare – like lack of empathy, discrimination, and poor outcomes – are well documented.

Nursing Standard. 39, 1, 35-36. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.1.35.s18

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