Diversity Matters in Academic Radiology: Acknowledging and Addressing Unconscious Bias

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1426-1432

  Allen, Brenda J ^a   Garg, Kavita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; gender; Unconscious bias; URM

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RESPONSIBILITY; SCIENTIST; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SEXISM; SEXUAL MINORITY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SEXISM; SEXUAL MINORITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016400501     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.08.016     Document Type: Article

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