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Despite the recent media coverage on him that he should go back to India. Dr.
the topic, the challenge of patient bias is Jain noted something that many who have
not new. In 2012, Kimani Paul-Emile, been the recipient of patient bias have
Associate Professor of Law at Fordham experienced: the lack of support from
University, published an article, "Pa- colleagues. "There's something wrong,"
tients' Racial Preferences and the Medical Dr. Jain said, "when a person can go to
Culture of Accommodation" on the work, be subject to intolerance or abuse,
prevalence of patient bias based on race, and have it be ignored and accepted by
noting that all races make race-based colleagues as part of the job."
choices about their medical providers.
Paul-Emile shared that there have been
Patient requests for changing medical
published reports of patient bias against staff based on that individual's difference
providers of black, Indian, and Jewish creates many challenges. First, honoring
heritage, as well as female providers. In such requests can be a violation of Title
April of 2013, Dr. Sachin Jain wrote VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which
an article, "The Racist Patient," in the prohibits employers from assigning work
Annals of Internal Medicine, sharing an on the basis of an employee's race. Second,
experience with a patient who advised honoring requests to change physicians

or nurses can result in the disruption in
the continuity of care. Changing demographics add to this challenge. According
to the Association of American Medical
Colleges, in 2017, women made up more
than half of the nation's medical school
entering class, and this trend will likely
continue. In addition, the U.S. Census
Bureau reported that by 2050, there will
no longer be a majority race or ethnic
group in our country, with the white
population dropping from 64% in 2010
to 44% in 2060. By 2060, populations
traditionally defined as minority groups
(Asian, African American, Hispanic/
Latino, Native American, and Pacific
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