Comparison of Physician Implicit Racial Bias Toward Adults Versus Children

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 120-126

  Johnson, Tiffani J ^a   Winger, Daniel G ^b   Hickey, Robert W ^a   Switzer, Galen E ^b   Miller, Elizabeth ^a   Nguyen, Margaret B ^a   Saladino, Richard A ^a   Hausmann, Leslie R M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

implicit bias; pediatric health care disparities; physician implicit attitudes; racial bias; racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RACISM; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PEDIATRICIANS; PHYSICIANS; RACISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85005996193     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.08.010     Document Type: Article

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