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Editorial
. 2019 Nov 19;8(22):e014355.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014355. Epub 2019 Nov 11.

Different Lenses for the Same Story: Examining How Implicit Bias Can Lead Us to Different Clinical Decisions for the "Same" Patient

Theresa E Shirey  1 , Alanna A Morris  1
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Editorial

Different Lenses for the Same Story: Examining How Implicit Bias Can Lead Us to Different Clinical Decisions for the "Same" Patient

Theresa E Shirey et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .

Abstract

See Article Breathett et al.

Keywords: Editorials; health disparities; health ethics transplantation; heart transplantation; left ventricular assist device.

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Patients as portrayed by actors in the video component of the survey. Reprinted from Schulman et al17 with permission. Copyright ©1999, Massachusetts Medical Society.
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