Doctors' bias affects infant mortality...

Here's a recent medical journal report (Greenwood et al., 2020) that examines the potential impact of doctors' bias on babies' mortality in the earliest days of life--especially if there are complications. This article's race-based lens intersects with my theory that bias against babies with Trisomy 21 is triggered by facial and other physically-observable traits commonly linked to racial differences. While a study of the comparative mortality (and thriving effects) on babies with Trisomy 21 delivered and treated by doctors with Trisomy 21 is beyond the current cultural scope, Greenwood et al.'s (2020) results ought to give us pause at the power of bias in infants' wellbeing. Their findings parallel results in a study I cited in my dissertation where infant mortality was tied to the degree of racism in varied neighborhoods (Orchard & Price, 2017). Shocking. And sad.