Augustus White, III, MD, PhD, on Eliminating Bias as Part of Professionalism

In this podcast, Augustus White, III, MD, PhD, discusses how bias permeates decision-making in health care to such an extent that racism, sexism, classism, ageism, and other “-isms” have a significant and negative impact on the quality of care. His latest publication is a call to action for health care providers to redefine their humanity and professionalism in terms of understanding and interrupting bias before it can do harm, and for patients to accept nothing less.

Additional Resources:

White AA, Chanoff D. Medical professionalism and humanitarian health care in the American age of "-isms". J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020;7(4):595-597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00725-7

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Augustus White, III, MD, PhD, is a pioneering African American physician and Harvard Professor and a leading researcher and writer about unconscious and implicit bias in medicine.

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