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Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations
(www.nzherald.co.nz)
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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There's no evidence that the inequities are caused by racist mis treatment. After reading the report this policy is based from it's seems the cause is obesity rates.
Then use bmi?
What makes you think they don't take that into consideration?
The comments I was responsing to
Probably don't want to admit lifestyle choices are such a common factor in poor health outcomes. Far easier to blame the white man.
That's what makes you think they don't take that into consideration?