Social Harmony versus Social Change? Majority and Minority Perspectives on Common Identity

[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.p-e-i.org/wp-content/uploads/securepdfs/2016/09/Dovidio@2010-conference.pdf” title=”dovidio2010-conference”] These slides are from a presentation Dr. Dovidio gave for a scientific audience at the U Mass Conference on Inter-Group Conflict, 2010   Abstract: The effects of positive intergroup contact for improving intergroup attitudes are impressively and extensively documented. Beyond demonstrating the robustness of these effects, recently research has focused on identifying…

Unintended Bias in Health Care Strategies for Providing More Equitable Care

Research shows that unintentional bias on the part of physicians can influence the way they treat patients from
certain racial and ethnic groups. Most physicians are unaware that they hold such biases, which can unknowingly
contribute to inequalities in health care delivery. This article explains why a person’s thoughts and behaviors may
not align, and provides strategies for preventing implicit biases from interfering with patient care.

Image of woman walking away gender bias and discrimination sexism

How to Keep Women from Advancing in 4 Easy Steps (And Feel Good About It)

Gender stereotypes are not just descriptive, they are prescriptive. It’s not just how women are, it’s how women are supposed to be. And women who behave out of role are punished for it. —Susan Fiske, PhD I have been thinking a lot about what happened to Hillary Clinton. She has her faults –  I could…

Doctors dealing with patient bias and prejudice

When Patients Are Biased

When Patients are Biased The apparent conflict between patient rights and non-discriminatory policies is complex. However, organizations create an ethical and practical slippery slope when they meet patient demands for providers with specific (clinically irrelevant) characteristics. If a request for a provider with a specific skin tone is honored, must patient requests for a provider…

Overlapping objectives with evidence‐driven interventions (targeting individuals) addressing cultural competence/flexibility AND Implicit Biases

There is a great deal of overlap between appropriate training for cultural competence/flexibility and training on implicit (automatic, often unconscious) biases.  A key aspect of cultural competence/flexibility is awareness of the way our cultural beliefs systems shape automatic expectations and attitudes (and biases). A major barrier to cross-cultural relationships is our automatic, conscious and unconscious reactions…