Mechanisms of injustice: what we (do not) know about racialized disparities in pain

VA Mathur, Z Trost, MO Ezenwa, JA Sturgeon… - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Almost 20 years ago, leaders in pain disparities research challenged pain scientists and
clinicians to intervene and advocate for the elimination of inequitable pain treatment based …

Addressing bias and stigma in the language we use with persons with opioid use disorder: a narrative review

K Werder, A Curtis, S Reynolds… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: Despite an increase in access to medications for opioid use disorder, less
than 20% of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive treatment. Stigmatizing …

Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record: Study examines racial bias in the patient descriptors used in the electronic …

M Sun, T Oliwa, ME Peek, EL Tung - Health Affairs, 2022 - healthaffairs.org
Little is known about how racism and bias may be communicated in the medical record. This
study used machine learning to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) from an urban …

Strategies used by people who inject drugs to avoid stigma in healthcare settings

DL Biancarelli, KB Biello, E Childs, M Drainoni… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) have limited engagement in healthcare
services and report frequent experiences of stigma and mistreatment when accessing …

Physician use of stigmatizing language in patient medical records

J Park, S Saha, B Chee, J Taylor… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Negative attitudes toward patients can adversely impact health care quality and
contribute to health disparities. Stigmatizing language written in a patient's medical record …

Examination of stigmatizing language in the electronic health record

G Himmelstein, D Bates, L Zhou - JAMA Network Open, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Stigmatizing language in the electronic health record (EHR) may alter treatment
plans, transmit biases between clinicians, and alienate patients. However, neither the …

The role of stigma in US primary care physicians' treatment of opioid use disorder

EM Stone, A Kennedy-Hendricks, CL Barry… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To characterize primary care physicians'(PCPs) attitudes and beliefs about
people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and to understand the association between PCPs' …

[HTML][HTML] Testimonial injustice: linguistic bias in the medical records of black patients and women

MC Beach, S Saha, J Park, J Taylor, P Drew… - Journal of general …, 2021 - Springer
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[HTML][HTML] Presenting complaint: use of language that disempowers patients

C Cox, Z Fritz - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
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Experiences of transgender people reviewing their electronic health records, a qualitative study

AB Alpert, JE Mehringer, SJ Orta, E Redwood… - Journal of General …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The 21st Century Cures Act and the OpenNotes movement have
brought patients immediate access to their electronic health records (EHRs). The …