Unconscious Race and Social Class Bias Among Acute Care Surgical Clinicians and Clinical Treatment Decisions
Author(s) -
Adil H. Haider,
Eric B. Schneider,
Sriram Narayanan,
Deborah S. Dossick,
Valerie Scott,
Sandra M. Swoboda,
Lia Losonczy,
Elliott R. Haut,
David T. Efron,
Peter J. Pronovost,
Pamela A. Lipsett,
Edward E. Cornwell,
Ellen J. MacKenzie,
Lisa A. Cooper,
Julie A. Freischlag
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.4038
Subject(s) - medicine , vignette , implicit association test , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , psychology
Significant health inequities persist among minority and socially disadvantaged patients. Better understanding of how unconscious biases affect clinical decision making may help to illuminate clinicians' roles in propagating disparities.
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