America is becoming increasingly diverse. Discrimination against minority groups persists and contributes to negative disparate outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals have a responsibility to address inequity in the medical system. This activity defines the terms diversity and discrimination and highlights the interprofessional team's role in improving care for patients from diverse backgrounds.

Objectives:

* Define the terms diversity and discrimination and discuss their implications in healthcare.

• Explain the different levels on which bias and discrimination occur.
  • Summarize relationships between bias and negative patient outcomes.
  • Outline actions that healthcare systems can take to increase diversity and reduce disparities.

Creator

• Young, Emily

• DuVivier, D

• Togioka, B

Publisher

• StatPearls Publishing

Language

• English

Identifier

• Bookshelf ID: NBK568721

• PMID: 33760480

Keyword

• patient care

• negative disparate outcomes

• discrimination

• diverse backgrounds

Date created

• 2021

Related URL

•  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK568721/

Resource type

• Other

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Bibliographic citation

• NLM Citation: Togioka BM, Duvivier D, Young E. Diversity and Discrimination In Healthcare. [Updated 2021 Aug 25]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-.