Physicians' implicit and explicit attitudes about race by MD race, ethnicity, and gender

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 896-913

  Sabin, Janice A ^a   Nosek, Brian A ^b   Greenwald, Anthony G ^c   Rivara, Frederick P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UW Department of Psychology

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Implicit and explicit attitudes about race; Physician racial bias; Physicians; Race; Racial and ethnic health care disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE;

EID: 70349565225     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0185     Document Type: Article

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