According to a survey funded by the California Health Care Foundation of over 3,000 Black Californians questioned, 41% of such individuals conveyed they were educated to their healthcare providers, 35% modified their behavior and speech to put doctors at ease, and 32% paid close attention to their dress before seeing their physician. In other words, a large proportion of Black patients in this survey felt they needed to change their appearance, words, or actions in some way in order to get the best possible care from their physicians. This same survey also revealed that more than a quarter of Black Californians actually avoided medical care because they believed they would be treated unfairly.
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