'Really worrisome': Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases

‘Really worrisome’: Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases

By Angela Amato

Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases - Red Deer Advocate

Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked by some of the comments. Pamela Roach and Shannon Ruzycki sent a survey in September 2020 to every licensed doctor in the province to determine their biases following high-profile deaths of Indigenous patients in Canada’s health-care system. “These types of comments demonstrate a fundamenta…

'Really worrisome': Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases

Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked by some of the comments.

'Really worrisome': Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases

Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked…

U of C research reveals doctors’ bias against Indigenous patients in Alberta

The results of the study show that there is an "explicit bias" of doctor's preferring white patients over Indigenous patients.

Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases

University of Calgary researchers say power imbalance in doctor-patient relationship can pose a dangerous environment for Indigenous patients seeking medical help