TY - JOUR
T1 - Implicit biases in healthcare
T2 - implications and future directions for gynecologic oncology
AU - Torres, Tara K.
AU - Chase, Dana M.
AU - Salani, Ritu
AU - Hamann, Heidi A.
AU - Stone, Jeff
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Health disparities have been found among patients with gynecologic cancers, with the greatest differences arising among groups based on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors. Although there may be multiple social barriers that can influence health disparities, another potential influence may stem from healthcare system factors that unconsciously perpetuate bias toward patients who are racially and socioeconomically disadvantaged. More recent research suggested that providers hold these implicit biases (automatic and unconscious attitudes) for stigmatized populations with cancer, with emerging evidence for patients with gynecologic cancer. These implicit biases may guide providers’ communication and medical judgments, which, in turn, may influence the patient's satisfaction with and trust in the provider. This narrative review consolidated the current research on implicit bias in healthcare, with a specific emphasis on oncology professionals, and identified future areas of research for examining and changing implicit biases in the field of gynecologic oncology.
AB - Health disparities have been found among patients with gynecologic cancers, with the greatest differences arising among groups based on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors. Although there may be multiple social barriers that can influence health disparities, another potential influence may stem from healthcare system factors that unconsciously perpetuate bias toward patients who are racially and socioeconomically disadvantaged. More recent research suggested that providers hold these implicit biases (automatic and unconscious attitudes) for stigmatized populations with cancer, with emerging evidence for patients with gynecologic cancer. These implicit biases may guide providers’ communication and medical judgments, which, in turn, may influence the patient's satisfaction with and trust in the provider. This narrative review consolidated the current research on implicit bias in healthcare, with a specific emphasis on oncology professionals, and identified future areas of research for examining and changing implicit biases in the field of gynecologic oncology.
KW - cancer health disparities
KW - gynecologic oncology
KW - implicit bias
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.12.267
DO - 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.12.267
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35026128
AN - SCOPUS:85124161795
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 227
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 1
ER -