This Black woman’s bone density scan results list her ethnicity as ‘white.’ Why that’s a problem

It would have been helpful if CBC had reached out to experts who could explain if there are variances among different ethnic and racial groups for bone density data. Likely there are as is the case for many other health issues and conditions but negligent not to do include in the reporting:

…The Black Physicians Association advised the London Health Sciences Centre on how to do culturally-appropriate community screening. The hospital declined an interview request for this story. 

As for Brown, she’s looking forward to speaking to her doctor about her bone density results and seeing if she needs to do another scan. “I’m not ticked off about this; I just think we have to fix it. Like, come on,” she said. “If the ethnicity piece doesn’t matter, then eliminate it from the results page. Because right now, it tells me my T-scores and then says what normal is based on a normal Caucasian woman. I want to know, what’s normal for me?” 

CBC News has reached out to Well Health Diagnostic Centres, which owns the clinic where the scan was done, and will update this story if they reply. GE HealthCare says patient safety is its top priority. “As a global healthcare company, our goal is to develop products aimed at improving outcomes for all patients,” a spokesperson said. 

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