The Effect of Patients׳ Appearance on Doctors’ Diagnostic Decision Making: Do Poor People Get Poorer Medical Care?
Purpose: Health inequalities are of great concern to health providers. Studies on the influence of social class on diagnostic performance are rare and inconclusive. We investigated whether patients’ appearance (poor versus rich) affects physicians thinking and their ability to reach a correct diagno...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Health Professions Education |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452301116300177 |