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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.”

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