Racial Biases in Pain Care Recommendations 和 the Moderating Effect of Providers’ Experience with Diverse Communities

Despite Black Americans reporting greater pain than 白色 Americans (Mechlin et al., 2005; Rahim-Williams et al., 2012), Black Americans’ pain is underestimated 和 undertreated (Mack et al., 2018; Schoenthaler & 威廉姆斯,2022). Previous work suggests clinician biases (e.g., 内隐偏见, empathy gaps) may contribute to pain treatment disparities across race (Drwecki et al., 2011; Moskowitz et al., 2012). 然而, past work has yet to systematically examine pain treatment of multiracial individuals, who may be subject to discrimination documented in monoracial pain care but also may experience unique biases in healthcare settings with implications for equitable care (Chen et al., 2018; Freeman et al., 2016; Kteily et al., 2015). A pilot study conducted with a convenience sample indicated racial bias in pain care recommendations, where Black/白色 multiracial individuals recieved the least intensive pain care recommendations. The current work adopts an experimental approach 和 recruits a sample of pain care providers to investigate clinician biases in pain care for Black, 白色, 和 Black/白色 multiracial hypothetical patients. Pain care providers’ experience with diverse communities is examined as a moderator to better underst和 how diversity exposure may attenuate or exacerbate patterns of racial bias in pain treatment recommendations. 总而言之, this work investigates patterns of clinician racial biases in pain treatment 和 potential moderation by experience with diverse patient populations (e.g., Are racial biases in pain care stronger or weaker for healthcare providers serving more diverse communities?). As an aspiring healthcare provider in a sub-field that commonly treats pain (i.e., 急诊医学), it is important to me to better underst和 和 actively contribute to our collective underst和ing of how racial biases interfere with equitable 和 just pain care. The goal of this work is to motivate more equitable 和 higher quality care for all patients.