A decade of studying implicit racial/ethnic bias in healthcare providers using the implicit association test

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue , 2018, Pages 219-229

  Maina, Ivy W ^a   Belton, Tanisha D ^b   Ginzberg, Sara ^a   Singh, Ajit ^c   Johnson, Tiffani J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Healthcare outcomes; Healthcare providers; IAT; Implicit association test; Implicit bias; Racial ethnic bias

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ETHNIC CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; LITERATURE REVIEW; RACIAL DISPARITY; SERVICE PROVISION;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALGESIA; CHEMICAL BINDING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; RACISM; SKIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIGNETTE; ASSOCIATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RACISM;

EID: 85019950327     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.009     Document Type: Article

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