TY - JOUR
T1 - Under the radar
T2 - How unexamined biases in decision-making processes in clinical interactions can contribute to health care disparities
AU - Dovidio, John F.
AU - Fiske, Susan T.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Several aspects of social psychological science shed light on how unexamined racial/ethnic biases contribute tohealthcare disparities. Biases are complex but systematic, differing by racial/ ethnic group and not limited to love-hate polarities. Group imagesontheuniversalsocial cognitive dimensions of competence and warmth determine the content of each group's overall stereotype, distinct emotional prejudices (pity, envy, disgust, pride), and discriminatory tendencies. These biases are often unconscious and occur despite the best intentions. Such ambivalent and automatic biases can influence medical decisions and interactions, systematically producing discrimination in health care andultimatelydisparitiesinhealth. Understanding howthese processes may contribute to bias in health care can help guide interventions to address racial and ethnic disparities in health.
AB - Several aspects of social psychological science shed light on how unexamined racial/ethnic biases contribute tohealthcare disparities. Biases are complex but systematic, differing by racial/ ethnic group and not limited to love-hate polarities. Group imagesontheuniversalsocial cognitive dimensions of competence and warmth determine the content of each group's overall stereotype, distinct emotional prejudices (pity, envy, disgust, pride), and discriminatory tendencies. These biases are often unconscious and occur despite the best intentions. Such ambivalent and automatic biases can influence medical decisions and interactions, systematically producing discrimination in health care andultimatelydisparitiesinhealth. Understanding howthese processes may contribute to bias in health care can help guide interventions to address racial and ethnic disparities in health.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300601
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300601
M3 - Article
C2 - 22420809
AN - SCOPUS:84861950584
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 102
SP - 945
EP - 952
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 5
ER -