I recently had a house staff teaching team and as an experiment we added a “problem” onto the end of each patient’s problem list called:
Bias.
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With humility, I admit I Didn’t think this project would bear as much fruit as it did.
After all the problems of ACUTE HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY and SIRS, I would ask the team to consider how the patient’s race, gender, orientation, nationality, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, addiction, etc. was affecting their care past or present.
Opinionism: A form of prejudice whereby you assume you know everything about a person based on a single opinion they hold.
While other prejudices and -isms have lost acceptability in polite society, opinionism has gained support and is considered a totally reasonable form of bias.
People of all ages, backgrounds, and political stripes enjoy making snap judgments about people based on a single opinion.