Chronic Noncancer Pain Management and Systemic Racism: Time to Move Toward Equal Care Standards

• Main Authors: Ghoshal M, Shapiro H, Todd K, Schatman ME
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-11-01
• Series: Journal of Pain Research
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/chronic-noncancer-pain-management-and-systemic-racism-time-to-move-tow-peer-reviewed-article-JPR
• ISSN: 1178-7090

Malini Ghoshal,1 Hannah Shapiro,2 Knox Todd,3 Michael E Schatman4,5 1Inspirra Healthcare, Plano, Texas, USA; 2Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA; 3Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas, USA; 4Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; 5Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence: Michael E Schatman Tel [phone]Email [e-mail] Although it is widely recognized that the United States has a severe and broad systemic racism problem, recent events have dramatically elevated the issue. Widespread protests in the US and around the world have brought much-deserved attention to the plights of Blacks, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) regarding injustices that they experience on a daily basis. For the sake not only of BIPOC, but communities and societies as a whole, racial injustice can no longer be ignored or minimalized.1