Surgical patients have an unconscious bias that women are not surgeons

Am J Surg. 2022 Apr;223(4):819-820. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.09.035. Epub 2021 Sep 30.

Authors

Brittany Bankhead-Kendall¹, Joost T P Kortlever², Carlos Vr Brown², Alexa Ryder², Monica Zipple³, Pedro Teixeira², David Ring², Rene Salazar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, University of Texas at Austin - Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, United States. Electronic address: brittany.bankhead-kendall@ttuhsc.edu.
² Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, University of Texas at Austin - Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, United States.
³ Department of General Surgery, Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, MI, United States.

PMID: 34656319
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.09.035

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Bias
Bias, Implicit*
Female
Humans
Patients
Surgeons*