Barry Baines

And unless you decide to delve in to the individual goals of a person, what they know, what they don't know, what they'd want to know, If you don't have that approach that every patient you see is an individual, you're going to wind up going down a path that's totally inappropriate.

And as a result of that, when you go down those inappropriate paths, you're not going to be able to deliver individualized medical care. And necessarily, you know, how do you deliver good medical care if you don't you know, kind of wash away this lumping piece that we tend to do to make things more simple and more efficient.

And as a result of that, when you go down those inappropriate paths, you're not going to be able to deliver individualized medical care. And necessarily, you know, how do you deliver good medical care if you don't you know, kind of wash away this lumping piece that we tend to do to make things more simple and more efficient.

So I, you know, and obviously that idea of ethnicity, maybe as a larger group, there might be some truths to it, but every individual in that group, it does not, they don't have the playbook for how they're supposed to be because they're part of an ethnic group. What does that even mean?

So I, you know, and obviously that idea of ethnicity, maybe as a larger group, there might be some truths to it, but every individual in that group, it does not, they don't have the playbook for how they're supposed to be because they're part of an ethnic group. What does that even mean?

The answer is, yeah. I mean, the thing is, you know, yes, because number one, humans are not infallible. Okay. Quite the opposite. And you cannot take a person out of their environment and And the biases that all of us have.

The answer is, yeah. I mean, the thing is, you know, yes, because number one, humans are not infallible. Okay. Quite the opposite. And you cannot take a person out of their environment and And the biases that all of us have.

And I think actually one, you know, a case in point was maybe it does, you know, depending where you go, the biases in a community in South Carolina are likely to be different than the biases in a community in Minneapolis. Yeah. And the people that are in that carry those biases with them. Oftentimes we tend to say, oh, I'm not, you know, I'm not that way.

And I think actually one, you know, a case in point was maybe it does, you know, depending where you go, the biases in a community in South Carolina are likely to be different than the biases in a community in Minneapolis. Yeah. And the people that are in that carry those biases with them. Oftentimes we tend to say, oh, I'm not, you know, I'm not that way.

But at a subconscious level, I think people treat people differently based on the biases that they have. And that carries over whether you're a physician, whether you're in law enforcement, whether you're a judge in court. And I mean, cases of this built-in bias in our society and the negative impacts it has, you know, we'll never run out of information that, that supports that.

But at a subconscious level, I think people treat people differently based on the biases that they have. And that carries over whether you're a physician, whether you're in law enforcement, whether you're a judge in court. And I mean, cases of this built-in bias in our society and the negative impacts it has, you know, we'll never run out of information that, that supports that.

Um, and one of the first steps has to be, if you can't be aware that this is how you're approaching things, how can you change if you don't know where you, where you're starting from?

Um, and one of the first steps has to be, if you can't be aware that this is how you're approaching things, how can you change if you don't know where you, where you're starting from?

I hope my audio is working now. It's back. Yes. Okay. I think, you know, to that point, understanding what groups or labels that people identify with from a medical perspective, the $64 question is asking that person is not, I think, not just putting the onus on the, you know, on the person to bring that up, but as a medical provider,

I hope my audio is working now. It's back. Yes. Okay. I think, you know, to that point, understanding what groups or labels that people identify with from a medical perspective, the $64 question is asking that person is not, I think, not just putting the onus on the, you know, on the person to bring that up, but as a medical provider,

to understand how their identification with the group, how does that in any way, shape or form, I'm talking about more broadly, how does that impact the healthcare that they see or what their healthcare needs are? And because that way you could say, oh, you know, oh, you're Jewish, but that doesn't really impact what, you know, what kind of healthcare I want, or I'm Muslim,

to understand how their identification with the group, how does that in any way, shape or form, I'm talking about more broadly, how does that impact the healthcare that they see or what their healthcare needs are? And because that way you could say, oh, you know, oh, you're Jewish, but that doesn't really impact what, you know, what kind of healthcare I want, or I'm Muslim,

It doesn't, you know, impact that. Or I'm in the LGBTQ plus community. How does that impact that?

It doesn't, you know, impact that. Or I'm in the LGBTQ plus community. How does that impact that?

More often than not, you may, it will be very revealing because then they'll make you a better healthcare provider, whether you're a physician, nurse practitioner, nurse, et cetera, by understanding the impacts of that labeling or stereotyping or community that people belong to and their health beliefs. There's an intersection with that. And I go back to that idea of cultural humility.