Shocking Survey Results Show Black Patients In California "Code Switch" To Avoid Medical Bias
A new survey shows Black patients tend to modify their speech and "dress up" during appointments with doctors in order to avoid medical bias.
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A new survey shows Black patients tend to modify their speech and "dress up" during appointments with doctors in order to avoid medical bias.
>> i care about the city and i care about the people here. this should never happen to anybody again. >> reporter: elise, thank you for your tireless reporting there. >> today some democratic lawmakers in memphis called for new legislation after seeing the video. what did they say? >> reporter: they are looking at more mental health evaluations for officers, more implicit bias training and they want to see an effort to stop fired officers from being hired by other departments. those lawmakers say that bills could be proposed as early as next week. >> eleast preston, thank you. for additional...
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