Some advice for physicians and other clinicians treating minorities, women, and other patients at risk of receiving health care disparities

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 472-479

  White, Augustus A ^a   Stubblefield Tave, Beauregard ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b The Center for Culturally Fluent Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious bias; Cultural competence; Cultural humility; Equitable care; Health care; Health disparities; Health equity; Implicit bias; Microaggressions; Minority health; Patient clinician relationship; Patient empowerment; Unconscious bias; Women s health

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; LITERACY; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACISM; STEREOTYPING; TRUST; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 85013680687     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0248-6     Document Type: Article

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