A new study provides evidence that lower-class individuals are stereotyped as insensitive to physical pain, which could impact their medical care and treatment recommendations. The findings have been published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. ...
The undertreatment of pain in both cases is falsely represented as doctors perceiving the poor/African-Americans as being more tolerant to pain when it isn't. They simply have less empathy for these patients so they don't give a shit about their discomfort.
Not surprised at all. Ppl probably know about this one, but just in case, same with the racial bias: TL;DR: "Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans."
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Assata Shakur can stop a runaway train with her bare hands
and if they're homeless too--an existential threat to the national security, no less. too powerful!
Karens: "I'm feeling very hurt by your lack of concern"
The undertreatment of pain in both cases is falsely represented as doctors perceiving the poor/African-Americans as being more tolerant to pain when it isn't. They simply have less empathy for these patients so they don't give a shit about their discomfort.