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I never thought of having stereotypes or prejudice against patients. I am a pharmacy technician and I have worked retail, hospital, and mail order pharmacy. I have encounter an array of ethnic, cultural, and economic levels of patients. I must attribute my non-biasness to my parents and my church. We grew up working in the community to help those less fortunate. My father being an immigrant from Mexico suffered a lot of prejudice and mistreated by his own people. He made a promise to himself and God that he would help anyone that knocked on our door looking for shelter or food and we did! I can understand when you are dealing with cultures that you are not familiar with can cause you to feel guarded. We tend to go by the media to familiarize
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