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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]invisibility as a racial microaggression, with one student sharing, “It took them the whole first year to be able to tell me apart from the other Asian guy.”[/quote]

lol cry more.

In point of fact, [b]I prefer Asian doctors and surgeons because they are hard-working, competent,[/b] and overcame affirmative action working against them. See, sometimes racism works in your favor![/quote]

Well, majority of Asian physicians are born, raised and educated in their homes countries and coming here for residency so obviously there are cultural differences. Only 20% are US born and raised Asian-Americans from local medical schools.

That being said, empathy and lack of it is similar in physicians of all races. You may see it more in people you can't relate to.

As an ICU RN I worked side-by-side with medical students and residents for 15+ years in an academic medical center in a setting where we had many critically ill and dying patients. I will say (and I'm sure that this will be deleted in about 5 seconds) that outward empathy and compassion is less prevalent in SOME Asian medical doctors/residents than other races.  I have no doubt that this mostly cultural but it impacts how they are viewed by some patients and staff members.

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