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01-04-2020 | CABG | Capsule Commentary
Capsule Commentary on Saha et al., Impact of Physician Race on Patient Decision-making and Ratings of Physicians
Author:
Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 4/2020
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Excerpt
Do we need a more diverse workforce to achieve health equity, or can physicians who communicate well, regardless of their race, provide high-quality care to all patients? Saha and colleagues examined the impact of physician-patient race concordance on ratings of physician communication and on patient decision-making.
1 Participants viewed video vignettes with an actor-physician reviewing cardiac catheterization results and recommending coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The vignettes varied by actor race and communication style (high or low patient-centeredness, PCC). …