«Unconscious race and
social class biases appear unassociated with clinical decisions.»
While unconscious race and
social class biases were present in most trauma and acute - care clinicians surveyed about patient care management in a series of clinical vignettes, those biases were not associated with clinical decisions, according to a report published online by JAMA Surgery.
The authors found implicit race and
social class biases were present for most respondents.
However, those differences were not significant in further analysis and authors, overall, found no differential patient treatment related to race or
social class biases.
Studies have also shown that most of the common intelligence tests have
a social class bias; the vocabulary and thought patterns used in them generally follow a middle class pattern, thus putting the socially and economically more privileged in a preferential position.
«Although this study of clinicians from surgical and other related specialties did not demonstrate any association between implicit race or
social class bias and clinical decision making, existing biases might influence the quality of care received by minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status in real - life clinical encounters.
Not exact matches
This book by two psychology professors explores the hidden
biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion,
social class, sexuality, disability status and nationality.
The undemocratic
class bias in education extends even farther than the tests that automatically discriminate against students from the lower
social and economic strata of society.
The film, from co-directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore, explores the kinds of
social inequities — gender, racial and
class bias — they saw unfolding during production in the national conversation as police killings of African American men sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.
Nor, as Frederick Hess explains, is there any scientific evidence that requiring teachers to have certain views about «sexuality or
social class» ensures that they teach all students: «Screening on «dispositions» serves primarily to cloak academia's
biases in the garb of professional necessity.»
«I want them to think through what they read online, to apply all the skills they learned in the
class — evaluating source credibility, identifying logical fallacies, recognizing
bias, basing written arguments on solid evidence — to
social media platforms just as much as they do in their academic work.»
Social action projects: Use the stories from
class discussions and student writing as springboards to discuss issues of
bias and injustice in your students» schools or communities.
Below, two members of our network describe how they have used two of the titles on the
Social Justice Book List to help students check their assumptions and biases about race, immigrants and social
Social Justice Book List to help students check their assumptions and
biases about race, immigrants and
social social class.