definitions of discrimination that fail to distinguish between differences in treatment due to breakdown in communications and differences in the treated population that are prompted by invidious motives of health care providers. It is doubtful that hidden forms of discrimination are prevalent in a profession whose professional norms are set so strongly against it.
quote from scholarly journal :DISPARITIES AND DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE COVERAGE: a critique of the Institute of Medicine study
Good grief. Someone needs to go on the plain english course.
I'm guessing that this is a homework question or something similar. However, the last line " It is doubtful that hidden forms of discrimination are prevalent in a profession whose professional norms are set so strongly against it." Suggests that the writer is assuming that the profession (e.g., medicine) has a norm against discrimination and thus there will be no discrimination in the profession. However, if he/she is wrong (an I might suggest that they are) then there can be discrimination in any profession (even medicine).
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