Exploring unconscious bias in disparities research and medical education

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 995-996

  Van Ryn, Michelle ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80052478944     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1275     Document Type: Editorial

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