Some patients won’t see nurses of different race

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press Cecilia Rutherford joins a group of protesters Tuesday outside Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., after a nurse filed a complaint against the hospital claiming it had agreed to a man’s request that no African-American nurses care for his newborn.

DETROIT—It’s been called one of medicine’s “open secrets”—allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race.

In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be allowed to touch his ne...

Published: 02/23/2013