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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Where are you from? Do you have a caste system? I'm in the US and I am pretty nice to patients and it's rare that someone has a problem with me. Here we are called medical student or student doctor but it's pretty clear we aren't the ones in charge so it's not like we're tricking the patients.

I trained at a center with a majority population of Black and brown people and a lot of disadvantaged people, so I thought calling every man sir was a good idea, since it gave the implication I didn't think I was any better than them. We have a long history of medical racism here. Or more rarely I do Mr/Ms Firstname

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Latinamerica, no caste system. But tons of colonialism.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Lotta machismo too.

    Very interesting, ty for giving me another perspective. I find titles onerous unless you're working--don't call me Dr at the corner store, I'm not gonna thank a random off-duty veteran for their service, etc--because it ranks people as though some are more worthy than others. I didn't know that about lawyers in latin america

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