AUG 30 A Swedish healthcare reform more than a decade ago allowing patients to choose their own doctor has unexpectedly led to widespread discrimination against medics with foreign-sounding names. “When I was working in psychiatry, a patient cancelled his appointment with me three times.
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A Swedish healthcare reform more than a decade ago allowing patients to choose their own doctor has unexpectedly led to widespread discrimination against medics with foreign
A Swedish healthcare reform more than a decade ago allowing patients to choose their own doctor has unexpectedly led to widespread discrimination against medics with foreign-sounding names.
“When I was working in psychiatry, a patient canceled his appointment with me three times because he didn’t want to be treated by a ‘foreign doctor,’” 30-year-old practitioner Navid Ghan told reporters.
“In the end he didn’t have any choice, I was the only doctor available. During the appointment, even though he saw that I spoke Swedish without an accent, he told me: ‘You foreigners, you don’t understand anything,’” Ghan said.
Ghan, whose name has been