Porter
TL.
The use of race in case presentations (letter to the editor).
Am J Psychiatry 1993;150(7);1129.
“A recent study (ref) involving 53 case presentations in Internal
Medicine revealed blacks were more likely to be identified by race than
whites. Blacks were more likely to have their race mentioned prominently
or repeatedly, and among patients to whom “possibly unflattering
characteristics” were attributed 10 out of 10 blacks were identified
by race and four out of nine whites were identified by race (these later
findings were not statistically significant). Having observed presentations
in a number of different facilities, it is my opinion that psychiatrists
are not immune to racial bias.”