News tagged with racial bias

Pediatricians' pain-medication judgments affected by unconscious racial bias, study says

Pediatricians who show an unconscious preference for European Americans tend to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they do for African-American patients, new University of Washington research shows.

Health Mar 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

'Unconscious' racial bias among doctors linked to poor communication with patients

New evidence that physician attitudes and stereotypes about race, even if unconscious, affect the doctor-patient relationship in ways that may contribute to racial disparities in health care

Health Mar 15, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Drug 'reduces implicit racial bias,' study suggests

(Medical Xpress) -- Taking a heart disease medication can affect a person's subconscious attitudes towards race, a team of ethicists, psychiatrists and psychologists at Oxford University has found.

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 09, 2012 | 5 / 5 (4) | 5 |

Study finds 'owning' a darker skin can positively impact racial bias

Scientists from Royal Holloway University have found that when white Caucasians are under the illusion that they have a dark skin, their racial bias changes in a positive way.

Psychology & Psychiatry May 14, 2013 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

Study finds Asian-Americans often feel racial 'microaggressions'

(Medical Xpress)—Asian-Americans experience considerable everyday prejudice and discrimination, reports a Cornell study published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (Vol. 60:2). The study is one of the first to doc ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 25, 2013 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Implicit race bias increases the differences in the neural representations of black and white faces

Racial stereotypes have been shown to have subtle and unintended consequences on how we treat members of different race groups. According to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psyc ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jan 17, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Docs make push to lower kids' pain, stress in ER

(HealthDay)—A trip to the emergency room often means a child is in pain, and it's a near certainty that the visit will also be fraught with anxiety.

Pediatrics Oct 29, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

'Color blind' policies could make diversity harder to achieve

Whether it be growing concerns about bias or recognition of the value of diversity, many organizations and institutions have elected to deemphasize race or remove it entirely from their decision-making processes. Yet new ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Jun 19, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Racial stereotyping increases after being exposed to alcohol-related images, psychologist says

Accusations of racism accompanying the death of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent actions of Florida police are prevalent in the national media this week. Many are questioning the psychological motivations of everyone involved. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 27, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Whites believe they are victims of racism more often than blacks

Whites believe that they are replacing blacks as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary America, according to a new study from researchers at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 23, 2011 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1