Problem 1: What is the EVIDENCE that women and people of color are given less treatment for pain than white men? Describe at least three studies cited in the readings that show this.
Problem 2: WHY are women and people of color often given substandard pain relief? Give at least three reasons put forward in the readings.
Problem 3: Were you surprised to learn that the US has the worst record of infant mortality and maternal mortality in the developed world, and that maternal mortality is actually increasing in the US? Why or why not?
Problem 4: How much higher are the rates of infant and maternal mortality for African Americans? Why?