Capsule Commentary on Goddu et. al., Do Words Matter? Stigmatizing Language and the Transmission of Bias in the Medical Record
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DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4357-2
Abstract: G oddu et al. 1 provide compelling evidence that the words used to describe patients in medical records matter. Their research design is imprecise, however, and the study is better at demonstrating the importance of… read more here.
Keywords: stigmatizing language; stigma arm; arm; language ... See more keywords