Those of us medical professionals who work in both minority and majority clinical settings see radical differences in the quality of care provided, the standard protocols of treatment that are employed and the outcomes of treatment. In many minority communities, treatment is often more drastic for minority clients and outcome is often far less positive. There are, probably, many reasons for these differences. Some of them are:

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Most black medical professionals worked especially hard to achieve their  training. They are proud to talk about it with you.

• Blacks do not question their medical providers.
• Then they don't ask their doctors questions which would give them information necessary to improve their own outcome. Sometimes they see it as disrespectful or presumptuous to question providers. However, informed patients and doctors who communicate well with them can form a team strong enough to manage even the most difficult diseases.
• They don't educate themselves on their own about their illnesses.
• They don't follow through on using the best medical care to respond to illness. They hand over this responsibility to religious faith alone. Medical researchers have found that prayer increases survival rates of  victims of many serious illnesses. However, patients for whom prayer was combined with strong treatment protocols showed the highest rate of recovery. God expects us to use all of His gifts to carry out His work.

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