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Bias in Stroke Evaluation: Rethinking the Cookie Theft Picture

Author(s) -

Amy Steinberg,

Patrick D. Lyden,

Arielle Davis

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038515

Subject(s) - medicine , equity (law) , stroke (engine) , multiculturalism , socioeconomic status , anachronism , population , environmental health , law , mechanical engineering , politics , political science , engineering

Despite a current emphasis on equity in stroke care, one of the most common stroke assessment tools that is used both nationally and internationally, includes an anachronistic image that projects cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic bias. This image, titled The Cookie Theft picture, is included in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and was originally developed in 1972. Now, 50 years later, it does not reflect our current diverse, linguistically rich, and multicultural patient population.

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