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Racial disparities evident in taking sexual histories in emergency departments
Emergency department physicians are more likely to document sexual histories of black adolescent girls with symptoms potentially related to sexually transmitted infections than white teen girls with the same symptoms, according to a new study. The result is that emergency physicians may be providing less comprehensive services for white teen girls than black, say study authors.
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