Differential Documentation of Race in the First Line of the History of Present Illness
Open Access
- 28 February 2021
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 181 (3), 386-388
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5792
Abstract
This cross-sectional study assesses medical records for evidence of racial bias in clinician documentation among patients admitted for breast cancer, sickle cell disease with crisis, status epilepticus, hypertensive emergency, pneumonia, or motor vehicle collision.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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