Stereotyping of medical disability claimants' communication behaviour by physicians: towards more focused education for social insurance physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians who hold medical disability assessment interviews (social insurance physicians) are probably influenced by stereotypes of claimants, especially because they have limited time available and they have to make complicated decisions. Because little is known about the influences of stereotyping on assessment interviews, the objectives of this paper were to qualitatively investigate: (1) the content of stereotypes used to classify claimants with regard to the way in which they communicate; (2) the origins of such stereotypes; (3) the advantages and disadvantages of stereotyping in assessment interviews; and (4) how social insurance physicians minimise the undesirable influences of negative stereotyping.

Methods

Data were collected during three focus group mee

SUBMITTER: van Rijssen HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2989961 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature