There is no question that social status, race, sex, wealth, environment, etc, affect health decisions, health care and health care outcomes. The question is how to enlighten health providers to be aware of unconscious biases or external effects without resorting to political indoctrination.
Right, and we humans have a lot of unconscious biases. One, which I recently became aware of - and which is not irrelevant to the topic here - is that “physicians are significantly more likely to prescribe opioids at the end of a long day” (from the book “Noise”). So, promoting general awareness and open-mindedness might be more effective than over-sensitizing some of our biases to the point of damaging other aspects of social life. But, this is not something that can be put into a mechanical instruction to be taught and followed.
There is no question that social status, race, sex, wealth, environment, etc, affect health decisions, health care and health care outcomes. The question is how to enlighten health providers to be aware of unconscious biases or external effects without resorting to political indoctrination.
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Right, and we humans have a lot of unconscious biases. One, which I recently became aware of - and which is not irrelevant to the topic here - is that “physicians are significantly more likely to prescribe opioids at the end of a long day” (from the book “Noise”). So, promoting general awareness and open-mindedness might be more effective than over-sensitizing some of our biases to the point of damaging other aspects of social life. But, this is not something that can be put into a mechanical instruction to be taught and followed.
What a bizarre and decadent fantasy world we live in for such absurd ideological incursions to flourish so effectively.