Aversive racism and medical interactions with Black patients: A field study

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 436-440

  Penner, Louis A ^a,b   Dovidio, John F ^c   West, Tessa V ^d   Gaertner, Samuel L ^e   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a   Dailey, Rhonda K ^f   Markova, Tsveti ^f  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive racism; Health disparities; Implicit racial bias; Medical interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749108844     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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