When doctors sugarcoat the truth, patients get shortchanged
Washington Post
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Too much information can be unhelpful and confusing, said CBH Research Director, Eric Campbell, PhD. Should a doctor decide that medical choices are over a patient’s head so they shouldn’t be mentioned or that a patient is too fragile to handle difficult news? Such assumptions can reflect an implicit bias that can lead to health disparities. Poorer outcomes can result when a doctor’s unconscious feelings about skin color, gender, disability, age or ethnicity influence what gets shared. Read article>>