Dismissed: Tackling the Biases That Undermine Our Health Care Marshall Angela
Dismissed: Tackling the Biases That Undermine Our Health Care Marshall Angela Here's the uncomfortable truth: Race, gender, sexual orientation, age, body size, income, and other cultural factors have…
Specifikacia Dismissed: Tackling the Biases That Undermine Our Health Care Marshall Angela
Dismissed: Tackling the Biases That Undermine Our Health Care Marshall Angela
Here's the uncomfortable truth: Race, gender, sexual orientation, age, body size, income, and other cultural factors have a significant bearing on whether you will be diagnosed and treated correctly. The good news is regardless of whether you are a patient, healthcare provider, or administrator, there are steps you can take today to combat medical bias.The only book on this subject written by a primary care doctor who is a woman of color, DISMISSED examines all forms of bias - those related to race and ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation, age, disabilities, obesity, and the increasing bias against science - instructing patients, doctors, and administrators alike on how we can all identify bias - and how we can all do better.Health-care providers and their patients are human, and all humans have unconscious biases that affect how we listen,