Time 47: MacDonald explores “Black doctors for Black patients” concept. Patient’s doctor preference (for any demographic category including race and other) varies between in-group and out-group depending on patient and medical condition, especially if in-group expectation and stigma. In 2011, I spoke to a woman In Istanbul who visited a OB/GYN MD at a government hospital, seeking STD-testing. The female MD (Muslim) told patient, “You have never married which means you are a virgin and therefore cannot have STD. Patient responded- “I am 53 years old and not a virgin.” In USA, that patient would seek an out-group MD for ob/gyn.
Time 47: MacDonald explores “Black doctors for Black patients” concept. Patient’s doctor preference (for any demographic category including race and other) varies between in-group and out-group depending on patient and medical condition, especially if in-group expectation and stigma. In 2011, I spoke to a woman In Istanbul who visited a OB/GYN MD at a government hospital, seeking STD-testing. The female MD (Muslim) told patient, “You have never married which means you are a virgin and therefore cannot have STD. Patient responded- “I am 53 years old and not a virgin.” In USA, that patient would seek an out-group MD for ob/gyn.