Implicit Physician Biases in Periviability Counseling
To assess whether neonatologists show implicit racial and/or socioeconomic biases and whether these are predictive of recommendations at extreme periviability. A nationwide survey using a clinical vignette of a woman in labor at 232/7 weeks of gestation asked physicians how likely they were to recom...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of pediatrics 2018-06, Vol.197, p.109-115.e1 |
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Zusammenfassung: | To assess whether neonatologists show implicit racial and/or socioeconomic biases and whether these are predictive of recommendations at extreme periviability.
A nationwide survey using a clinical vignette of a woman in labor at 232/7 weeks of gestation asked physicians how likely they were to recommend intensive vs comfort care. Participants were randomized to 1 of 4 versions of the vignette in which racial and socioeconomic stimuli were varied, followed by 2 implicit association tests (IATs).
IATs revealed implicit preferences favoring white (mean IAT score = 0.48, P |
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ISSN: | 0022-3476 1097-6833 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.070 |