"This happens all the time": a Qualitative Study of General Internists' Experiences with Discriminatory Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workplace discrimination negatively affects physicians of color personally and professionally. Although the occurrence of discrimination from patients has been visible in social media, popular press, and personal essays, scant research exists on patients as a source of discrimination directed at physicians of color.

Objective

To explore practicing general internists' experiences observing or interacting with patients exhibiting discriminatory behavior directed at physicians of color.

Design

A qualitative study with in-depth, semi-structured, one-on-one telephone interviews conducted and recorded between May and September 2019.

Participants

A purposive sample of 24 general internists practicing at 12 academic health centers in the USA: 14 self-identif

SUBMITTER: Filut A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007052 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature