Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review

Fitzgerald, Chloé Nathalie Sarah; Hurst, Samia

doi:10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8

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Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review

ContributorsFitzgerald, Chloé Nathalie Sarah; Hurst, Samia

Published inBMC medical ethics, vol. 18, no. 1, 19

Publication date2017

Abstract

Implicit biases involve associations outside conscious awareness that lead to a negative evaluation of a person on the basis of irrelevant characteristics such as race or gender. This review examines the evidence that healthcare professionals display implicit biases towards patients.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut Ethique Histoire Humanités

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Ethique biomédicale (783)

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FITZGERALD, Chloé Nathalie Sarah, HURST, Samia. Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review. In: BMC medical ethics, 2017, vol. 18, n° 1, p. 19. doi: 10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8

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PID : unige:92648
DOI : 10.1186/s12910-017-0179-8
PMID : 28249596

Journal ISSN1472-6939

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Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review

Implicit biases involve associations outside conscious awareness that lead to a negative evaluation of a person on the basis of irrelevant characteristics such as race or gender. This review examines the evidence that healthcare professionals display implicit biases towards patients.

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