Attitudes and Stereotypes in Lung Cancer versus Breast Cancer.

Societal perceptions may factor into the high rates of nontreatment in patients with lung cancer. To determine whether bias exists toward lung cancer, a study using the Implicit Association Test method of inferring subconscious attitudes and stereotypes from participant reaction times to visual cues...

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Main Authors: N Sriram, Jennifer Mills, Edward Lang, Holli K Dickson, Heidi A Hamann, Brian A Nosek, Joan H Schiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4689531?pdf=render