The more people think discrimination exists in healthcare settings, the more they delay healthcare services, a new study finds. The hesitation is mostly observed among younger adults as well as racial ...

Getty Images Jim Anderson, MPAS, PA-C, discusses how patient-perceived discrimination by a practitioner can lead to delays in seeking treatment, potentially affecting patient outcomes. There has long ...

A new piece published in Psychiatry Research finds that people with multiple minoritized identities experiencing early ...

No one likes to feel like they’re not getting the respect or courtesy they deserve. Think about the last time you felt talked down to, or treated as inferior, or got worse customer service than ...

A study of more than 3,000 middle-aged and older women living in England showed that those who believed they had encountered gender discrimination were more likely to report declines in wellbeing over ...

—Among patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension, higher perceived discrimination in healthcare settings is associated with nervousness about seeing a healthcare provider. Care delays ensue.

Perceived discrimination in healthcare settings is linked to delays in seeking diabetes care, mediated by poor patient-clinician communication. Younger adults and racial and ethnic minorities ...

Nearly 1 in 5 residents (17.8%) of Agder, Norway, reported being discriminated against in the past year. "Discrimination tends to fly under the radar in public discourse. We assume we have legislation ...

Citations: Eliezer, D., Sarah Townsend, P. Sawyer, B. Major, W. Mendes. 2011. System-justifying beliefs moderate the relationship between perceived discrimination and ...

This figure, however, rises to 10.1% among people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to the latest Eurostat figures. A similar trend is observed in interactions with public services or ...