Doctors Implicitly Favor Whites Over Blacks, Like Rest Of Society

In the first large study to explore possible unconscious bias among physicians, researchers have found that doctors mirror the attitudes of the majority in society and implicitly favor whites over blacks. “This supports speculation that subtle race bias may affect health care, but does not imply that it will,” said University of Washington researcher Janice Sabin, who presented the study here Tuesday (Oct. 28) at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting.

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Filed under: Public Health on October 29th, 2008