Unconscious race and class bias: Its association with decision making by trauma and acute care surgeons

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 409-416

  Haider, Adil H ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Sriram, N ^c   Dossick, Deborah S ^a   Scott, Valerie K ^a   Swoboda, Sandra M ^a   Losonczy, Lia ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Efron, David T ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Freischlag, Julie A ^a   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a   Cornwell, Edward E ^d   Mackenzie, Ellen J ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; Implicit Association Test; surgeon; Trauma; unconscious bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; SURGEON; VIGNETTE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACISM; SOCIAL CLASS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907307068     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000392     Document Type: Article

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