In healthcare, we need to think carefully about exactly what is meant by bias. Another option is to stipulate that biases are not inherently bad, but only to be avoided when they incline us away from the truth. It is not itself a negative evaluation, but it supports an image of femininity that may prevent girls from excelling in areas traditionally considered ‘masculine’ such as mathematics. if someone associates young girls with dolls, this would count as a bias. Another way to define bias is to stipulate that an implicit association represents a bias only when likely to have a negative impact on an already disadvantaged group e.g. Psychologists often define bias broadly such as ‘the negative evaluation of one group and its members relative to another’. The term ‘bias’ is typically used to refer to both implicit stereotypes and prejudices and raises serious concerns in healthcare.
perceiving a black patient as less competent and thus deciding not to prescribe the patient a medication). treat everyone equally) and the hidden influence of negative implicit associations on her thoughts and action (e.g. Implicit biases explain a potential dissociation between what a person explicitly believes and wants to do (e.g. 1 In addition to affecting judgements, implicit biases manifest in our non-verbal behaviour towards others, such as frequency of eye contact and physical proximity. Implicit biases occur between a group or category attribute, such as being black, and a negative evaluation (implicit prejudice) or another category attribute, such as being violent (implicit stereotype). However, implicit associations (unconscious, uncontrollable, or arational processes) may influence our judgements resulting in bias. A patient should not expect to receive a lower standard of care because of her race, age or any other irrelevant characteristic.
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