Reducing racial disparities in pain treatment requires an interdisciplinary approach to identifying causes of racial biases and teaching health care professionals to recognize and reduce them.
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Because they treat many patients vulnerable to vaccine-preventable infections due to age-related declining immunity, chronic illnesses, or immunosuppressive treatments, medical residents are well placed to improve their patients' health by vaccinating them.