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African-American Pediatric Pain Patient

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This chapter contains a case study on an African-American child who presents to a pediatric emergency department with burns. The child has boiling water burns to 25% of his body, and the first- and second-degree burns and related pain are overlooked in the triage process. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the enactments of unintentional, unconscious racial bias by clinicians during the provision of care.

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  1. Department of Women, Children, and Family Health Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Em Rabelais

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  1. Office for Diversity and Equity and Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Marcus L. Martin

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Sheryl Heron

  3. Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Lisa Moreno-Walton

  4. Office for Diversity and Equity, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Michelle Strickland

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Rabelais, E. (2019). African-American Pediatric Pain Patient. In: Martin, M.L., Heron, S., Moreno-Walton, L., Strickland, M. (eds) Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92762-6_24

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