Open AccessConscious and Unconscious Bias: The Hidden Pandemic of Biases in Healthcare Exacerbated by COVID-19
Author(s) -
Ibtisam Rauf,
Abigail Hartmann,
Alexandre Koumtchev,
Syed Anjum Khan,
Rahul Kashyap
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1376
Subject(s) - unconscious mind , pandemic , covid-19 , health care , psychology , political science , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychoanalysis , disease , law , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak
There are limited data on unconscious bias in healthcare, but there is consistent evidence that it alters clinical decision-making. COVID-19 exacerbated many pre-existing disparities, and this paper seeks to identify, deconstruct, and propose mitigation strategies for a few of them.