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Unconscious Biases: Racial Microaggressions in American Indian Health Care

Melissa L. Walls, John Gonzalez, Tanya Gladney and Emily Onello
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 231-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140194
Melissa L. Walls
From the Department of Biobehavioral Health and Population Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (MLW); Department of Psychology, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN (JG); Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN (TG); Department of Family Medicine/Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (EO).
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John Gonzalez
From the Department of Biobehavioral Health and Population Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (MLW); Department of Psychology, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN (JG); Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN (TG); Department of Family Medicine/Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (EO).
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Tanya Gladney
From the Department of Biobehavioral Health and Population Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (MLW); Department of Psychology, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN (JG); Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN (TG); Department of Family Medicine/Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (EO).
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Emily Onello
From the Department of Biobehavioral Health and Population Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (MLW); Department of Psychology, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN (JG); Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN (TG); Department of Family Medicine/Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, Duluth, MN (EO).
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