The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain

Name: The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain
Uploaded: 2022-08-31T15:17:01Z
Duration: 12 min 50 s
Description: While doctors take an oath to do no harm, there's a good chance their unconscious biases can seep into how seriously they take your pain. Physician Sheetal DeCaria explains how perception impacts medical care and treatment -- and calls for health care professionals to check in with how they do their patient checkups.

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• January 2022

While doctors take an oath to do no harm, there's a good chance their unconscious biases can seep into how seriously they take your pain. Physician Sheetal DeCaria explains how perception impacts medical care and treatment -- and calls for health care professionals to check in with how they do their patient checkups.