Negative Effects Of Physician Burnout Go Beyond Doctors’ Own Health–It Increases Racial Bias As Well

Patients who are not white face bias when they seek care, but new research shows that can worsen due to doctor burnout. Residents with more symptoms of burnout had higher scores on the measures of explicit and implicit racial bias. In other health disparity news: genetic counselors, pediatric research and a dearth of studies on sunscreen.

from Kaiser Health News https://ift.tt/2Ybxse2