Anchoring bias and heuristics can perpetuate disparities in dermatology

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Jan;88(1):265-266. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.05.059. Epub 2022 Jun 4.

Authors

Justin L Jia¹, Jenna C Lester²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: Jenna.Lester@ucsf.edu.

PMID: 35671884
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.05.059

No abstract available

Keywords: anchoring bias; cognitive bias; dermatology; heuristics; medical error; outcomes; patient safety; racial disparities; skin of color.

MeSH terms

Bias
Cognition
Dermatology*
Heuristics*
Humans