The influence of implicit bias on treatment recommendations for 4 common pediatric conditions: Pain, urinary tract infection, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and asthma

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 988-995

  Sabin, Janice A ^a   Greenwald, Anthony G ^b  

^a School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COUNSELING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PREJUDICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STEREOTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861954942     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300621     Document Type: Review

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