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Do Physicians' Implicit Views of African Americans Affect Clinical Decision Making?

M. Norman Oliver, Kristen M. Wells, Jennifer A. Joy-Gaba, Carlee Beth Hawkins and Brian A. Nosek
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2014, 27 (2) 177-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.02.120314
M. Norman Oliver
From the Department of Family Medicine (MNO, KMW) and the Department of Psychology (CBH, BAN), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (JAJ-G).
MD, MA
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Kristen M. Wells
From the Department of Family Medicine (MNO, KMW) and the Department of Psychology (CBH, BAN), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (JAJ-G).
MPH, PhD
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Jennifer A. Joy-Gaba
From the Department of Family Medicine (MNO, KMW) and the Department of Psychology (CBH, BAN), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (JAJ-G).
PhD
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Carlee Beth Hawkins
From the Department of Family Medicine (MNO, KMW) and the Department of Psychology (CBH, BAN), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (JAJ-G).
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Brian A. Nosek
From the Department of Family Medicine (MNO, KMW) and the Department of Psychology (CBH, BAN), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (JAJ-G).
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