Precis 5 MWP #5

In the article, "Racism and Health Inequity Among Americans," authors Vickie and Brenda Shavers describe the racism issues within the healthcare system. The authors describe this through the discrimination, labeling, and racial prejudice that happens within this parameter. The purpose of the article is to give a background to the ongoing problem of racism within different parameters. The intended audience of the the article include victims of racism and the healthcare system because of the overall content of the article.

Precis #4 MWP #3

In the article, "Perception Of Racism Explains The Difference Between Blacks’ And Whites’ Level Of Healthcare Trust," authors Scott Tomar, Henrietta Logan, and Albert Adgebembo designed a study to see if trust is higher in whites or blacks in healthcare. The authors used a random sampling procedure within the black and white communities by giving questionnaires on level of trust, perceptions to racism, and access to care. The purpose of this article is to try and prove if black or white people have higher or lower trust rates within the healthcare system. The intended audience includes the black and white communities and the healthcare professionals because of the study design and the overall content.

Precis 3 MWP #3

In the review for the book "Real Nurses and 'Others'; Racism in Nursing," author Sheila Wilmot reviews the subject for Tania Das Gupta's book. Wilmot uses specific examples of racism in the Nursing profession, the purpose of Gupta's book, and the research done by Gupta and Wilmot gives her own thoughts about the book as well. The purpose of this review is to summarize the meaning behind Gupta's work and to voice personal opinion on the book in order to create a sound argument for the topic. The intended audience includes nurses and nurses who have been victim to racism in the past or present.

MWP #3 Working Thesis

Today in healthcare, many patients are reporting racial discrimination. As a whole, racial discrimination is still a major problem in the U.S. today and especially within the healthcare profession. Many people of different race also manipulate the healthcare system as well. They manipulate the employees by using the race card; if healthcare is not granted to them, then the healthcare system is racist. With abusing the system and the employees being discriminatory, the healthcare system does hold a major issue with race.

Article Summary 2 MWP#3

The article "Perceived Racial Discrimination in Healthcare and its Association with Patients' Healthcare Experiences: Does the Measure Matter?" authors Leslie Hausmann, Nancy Kressin, Barbara Hanusa, and Said A. Ibrahim discuss the issue of discrimination towards patients within the healthcare profession. The authors use a study of telephone surveys with patients in order to associate racism with their personal experiences. The authors want to show the amount and severity of racism in healthcare by using these extensive studies. The article reports that, "42% of African Americans and 6% of Whites had experienced discrimination while getting medical care, a difference that was significant even after adjusting for patient age, education, and income."Clearly, this article gives sufficient evidence that shows the amount of discrimination in healthcare and the targets of racism in healthcare.

Precis #2 MWP#3

In the article "Perceived Racial Discrimination in Healthcare and its Association with Patients' Healthcare Experiences: Does the Measure Matter?" authors Leslie Hausmann, Nancy Kressin, Barbara Hanusa, and Said A. Ibrahim discuss the association between the amount of racial discrimination in healthcare and the experience of patients with healthcare. The authors use a study of telephone surveys and a study of medical record views to examine the association of patients and racism within healthcare. The purpose of this article is to inform the audience of the racial issues surrounding the healthcare profession and the effects of it on the patients. The audience of the article includes employees within healthcare and the patients because of the overall content of the study.

Article Summary MWP #3

In the article "Uncovering the Face of Racism in the Workplace" by Minal Mistry and Javed Latoo, it deals with the struggles in the healthcare profession today. Sections of the article address the issue of racism in healthcare and the response it receives from the victims. One section describes the issue of racism in medicine. Physicians have either been victim to racism or have witnessed racism while trying to apply to school. The article says, "racial discrimination has operated at the time when students applied to study medicine, through short-listing based on whether applications had Asian or English names, and with downgrading of non-English names by computer."Another section deals with the issue of racism in higher positions within the workplace. The article says, "less than 10% of senior managers and 1% of chief executives are from ethnic minority background." Clearly there is evidence that racism does exist in the healthcare workplace.