Unconscious race and class biases among registered nurses: Vignette-based study using implicit association testing

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1077-1086.e3

  Haider, Adil H ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^b   Sriram, N ^d   Scott, Valerie K ^b   Swoboda, Sandra M ^b   Zogg, Cheryl K ^a   Dhiman, Nitasha ^b   Haut, Elliott R ^b   Efron, David T ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Freischlag, Julie A ^b   Lipsett, Pamela A ^b   Cornwell, Edward E ^e   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^c   Cooper, Lisa A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

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

^d Implisci   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; REGISTERED NURSE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RACISM; SOCIAL CLASS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84929773582     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.01.065     Document Type: Article

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