Patient bias may endanger both physicians of today and the future
The truth is: While physicians are not allowed to discriminate against their patients, patients are allowed to discriminate against their physicians.
This is particularly true in the private sector, fueled by online physician profiles permitting patients to choose provider characteristics ranging from those as benign as Ivy League training background to those as problematic as racial ethnicity. In this setting, the U.S.’s free-market economy reigns supreme — freedom of choice is …
