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"Addressing implicit bias among medical practitioners."
Media Source:
The Lund ReportMedia URL:
https://www.thelundreport.org/content/oregon-medical-board-trims-anti-discrimination-rule-providers-worryDate:
2024/08/01Summary:
Racial bias and other forms of discrimination on the part of healthcare workers can cause serious harm for patients. Yet implicit and subconscious bias are widespread, presenting a challenge for the Oregon Medical Board’s effort to end discrimination in healthcare.
“Our brains engage in unknowing acts of discriminatory decision making,” explains Lewis & Clark Professor Keith Cunningham-Parmeter, an expert in discrimination and bias in American law. “So what is the law supposed to do about these unintentional acts that lead to horrible outcomes?”
