Implicit stereotyping and medical decisions: Unconscious stereotype activation in practitioners' thoughts about African Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 996-1001

  Moskowitz, Gordon B ^a   Stone, Jeff ^b   Childs, Amanda ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84861927889     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300591     Document Type: Article

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