Black people are more likely to be physically restrained in emergency rooms, study finds

A new study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, highlights how restraint use in the ER can both arise from, and further contribute to, racial bias against patients.

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While placing patients in restraints is an overall rare phenomenon, Black patients are 31% more likely to be placed in restraints that white patients. For many Black health professionals, in terms of what we have witnessed, this comes as little surprise. https://t.co/yK2byt0IrO

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