NIH R01 · 2024
Hidden in Plain Sight: Stigmatizing Language in Patient Medical Records
ABSTRACT Our healthcare system does not treat patients equally: some receive poorer quality care based on their racial/ ethnic identity, social class, health literacy, age, gender or medical conditions such as obesity, sickle cell disease, and substance use disorders. While there may be many factors that contribute to these disparities, implicit bias among clinicians is one important factor that remains difficult to measure. Clinicians may convey and acquire bias towards patients from each other when communicating orally or when writing/reading medical records. Although medical records are an integral method of communicating about patients, few studies have evaluated patient records as a…
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