A study from nurse researchers at the University of Pennsylvania school of nursing has found that while pain is undertreated in general in the United States, low-income and minority patients are even less likely to receive adequate pain treatment. This result holds up across virtually all healthcare settings. Minority patients are more likely to have dangerous jobs and often suffer more severe pain and physical impairments than non-minority patients, according to this article on Nurse.com. Poor and minority patients often…
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