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Thursday, April 07, 2005

Political Correctness in Medicine

Tongue Tied posted a piece that spells "PC danger" to doctors in liberal states.

Physicians in New Jersey will soon be required to spend as much as $1,500 to attend a course in “cultural competency” that will lecture them on racism in medicine before they can practice in the state, reports the Gloucestor County Times.

The bill, signed by the governor on March 23, cites the "growing body of medical literature which documents race and gender-based disparities in the provision of health care" as justification for the measure.