Racial discrimination is a barrier to care in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to two U.S. surveys conducted on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association. This opinion was supported by more than one-third of Black Americans (36%), and nearly one-fifth of Asian Americans (19%) and Hispanic Americans (18%). Furthermore, the majority of non-white caregivers surveyed experienced discrimination when engaging in medical practice to treat patients. The two surveys were published in a special report, “Race, Ethnicity…
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