What The Study Did: In this nationally representative U.S. population of patients with eye diseases, being a patient in a racial or ethnic minority group was associated with feeling less respected by health care professionals compared with non-Hispanic white patients.
Authors: Brian C. Stagg, M.D., M.S., of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.5371)
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