What is implicit bias, how does it affect healthcare? – 2

Patient Engagement May 3, 2024
Sara Heath

Healthcare leaders working toward health equity will need to recognize their own implicit biases to truly enhance patient care.

Medicine’s focus on racial health disparities and health equity has brought to the forefront another key concept in healthcare delivery and patient care: implicit bias.

Implicit bias, a phrase that is not unique to healthcare, refers to the unconscious prejudice individuals might feel about another thing, group, or person.

According to the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University, implicit bias is involuntary, can refer to positive or negative attitudes and stereotypes, and can affect actions without an individual knowing it:

Also known as implicit social cognition, implicit bias refers to the attitudes...

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