TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitigating Implicit Bias in Radiation Oncology
AU - Diaz, Dayssy Alexandra
AU - Suneja, Gita
AU - Jagsi, Reshma
AU - Barry, Parul
AU - Thomas, Charles R.
AU - Deville, Curtiland
AU - Winkfield, Karen
AU - Siker, Malika
AU - Bott-Kothari, Terri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Implicit bias is one of the most insidious and least recognizable mechanisms that can cause inequity and disparities. There is increasing evidence that both implicit and explicit biases have a negative effect on patient outcomes and patient-physician relationships. Given the impact of Implicit bias, a joint session between ASTROs Committee on Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the National Cancer Institute (the ASTRO-National Cancer Institute Diversity Symposium) was held during the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2020 Annual Meeting, to address the effect of implicit bias in radiation oncology through real life and synthesized hypothetical scenario discussions. Given the value of this session to the radiation oncology community, the scenarios and discussion are summarized in this manuscript. Our goal is to heighten awareness of the multiple settings in which implicit bias can occur as well as discuss resources to address bias.
AB - Implicit bias is one of the most insidious and least recognizable mechanisms that can cause inequity and disparities. There is increasing evidence that both implicit and explicit biases have a negative effect on patient outcomes and patient-physician relationships. Given the impact of Implicit bias, a joint session between ASTROs Committee on Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the National Cancer Institute (the ASTRO-National Cancer Institute Diversity Symposium) was held during the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2020 Annual Meeting, to address the effect of implicit bias in radiation oncology through real life and synthesized hypothetical scenario discussions. Given the value of this session to the radiation oncology community, the scenarios and discussion are summarized in this manuscript. Our goal is to heighten awareness of the multiple settings in which implicit bias can occur as well as discuss resources to address bias.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adro.2021.100738
DO - 10.1016/j.adro.2021.100738
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111316849
SN - 2452-1094
VL - 6
JO - Advances in Radiation Oncology
JF - Advances in Radiation Oncology
IS - 5
M1 - 100738
ER -