Avoiding Unintended Bias: Strategies for Providing More Equitable Health Care

Overview

Journal Minn Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2016 Apr 20

PMID 27089675

Citations 9

Authors

Michelle Van Ryn

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Abstract

Research shows that unintentional bias on the part of physicians can influence the way they treat patients from certain racial and ethnic groups. Most physicians are unaware that they hold such biases, which can unknowingly contribute to inequalities in health care delivery. This article explains why a person's thoughts and behaviors may not align, and provides strategies for preventing implicit biases from interfering with patient care.

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