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Legal Implications of Discrimination in Medical Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jessamyn S. Berniker
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Recent medical studies have indicated that medical professionals discriminate in their treatment practices on the basis of race and gender. Among the many concerns stemming from this realization are questions about the possibility of legal actions and the availability of individual compensation for the denial of equal care. By meeting legal evidentiary standards, the recent statistical data pointing to discriminatory trends have created the potential for legal recourse through Title VI of the Civil Rights Act which prohibits recipients of federal funding from treating people differently on the basis of race or national origin.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , Spring 2000 , pp. 85 - 88
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2000

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