Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages A19-A23 , May 2009

Ignoring It Isn't an Option: Racial Bias in Emergency Medicine

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 Section editor: Truman J. Milling, Jr, MD

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PII: S0196-0644(09)00243-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages A19-A23 , May 2009