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Some Black medical illustrators say the lack of diversity in the images can have a negative impact on patients and providers.

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Medical illustrations predominantly depict white male bodies, Black illustrators say. Less than 5% of images in four of the medicine textbooks assigned at top medical schools in the United States show dark skin, researchers found in a 2018 study.

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