Two-thirds of Alta. physicians have implicit anti-Indigenous bias

This study's findings further validates patient reports of anti-Indigenous bias in healthcare. The University of Calgary study asked participants to match images of Indigenous people in Canada and European - specifically white - people with positive and negative characteristics in a randomized fashion. In the question that asked doctors if they preferred white or Indigenous people, 25% preferred white people and over 8% felt unfavourably towards Indigenous people. Participants practicing in remote settings had the most neutral implicit preferences and those in urban and large rural settings had the greatest implicit preference for white faces. The researchers believe there's already a power imbalance in the doctor-patient relationship which can pose a dangerous environment for Indigenous patients seeking medical assistance
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