Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: A systematic review

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Fitzgerald, Chloë ^a   Hurst, Samia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Healthcare disparities; Implicit bias; Prejudice; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCINFO; STEREOTYPING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIGNETTE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85014425580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8     Document Type: Article

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