A doctor said a man with joint pain, body aches, and fatigue likely had weight-related arthritis. Dr. Mike spoke on YouTube about seeing the patient later and diagnosing him with Lyme disease. Weight ...

Doctors who've faced the disease themselves share candid lessons about empathy, medical bias, and the humanity of care.

If a patient refuses care from a healthcare practitioner because of their race or sex, should their request be accommodated? In a recent blog on Medscape entitled "No, You Can't See a Different Doctor ...

All too often, health care workers are the target of biased or bigoted behavior from the patients they’re caring for — but many medical centers don’t have formal policies in place to help clinicians ...

Some healthcare systems are addressing patient biases with zero-tolerance policies, but not all physicians are on board. Cleveland Francis, MD, diversity, equity and inclusion adviser at Falls Church, ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Medical specialists, not surprisingly, are inclined to recommend treatments and therapies that involve their area of expertise, and patients who learn about such "specialty biases" ...

Bias in health care is not just limited to skin color. The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has further exposed the racial differences in healthcare access and outcomes, with Black people ...

Around a third of gastroenterologists admit to having bias toward certain groups of patients and 5 percent admit that their bias affects the treatment they offer, according to Medscape ...

Fifty percent of physicians believed they hold biases about some groups of patients, but only 16 percent said it got in the way of patient care, according to Medscape’s Lifestyle Report 2017. Some ...