Doctors are biased against patients. Is that a problem?

ER doctors bias

Forty percent of physicians report that they’re biased against certain groups of patients, according to a new national survey, and ER doctors were most likely to express some kind of bias. 
Forty percent of physicians report that they’re biased against certain groups of patients, finds a new national survey from Medscape out Wednesday.Some of the factors that were reported to trigger bias: emotional problems, weight, language disparities, and insurance coverage.

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