Implicit racial/ethnic bias among health care professionals and its influence on health care outcomes: A systematic review

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e60-e76

  Hall, William J ^a   Chapman, Mimi V ^a   Lee, Kent M ^b   Merino, Yesenia M ^c   Thomas, Tainayah W ^c   Payne, B Keith ^b   Eng, Eugenia ^c   Day, Steven H ^a   Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RACISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946737949     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302903     Document Type: Review

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