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Social Class Bias And The Clinical Relationship, Anthony Rivas

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This research project focuses on exposing clinician's and/ or graduate students to the occurrence of social class bias and its effect on the clinical relationship. This project was designed as a workshop that can be incorporated into a classroom presentation or continuing education workshop. This project consists of three primary components: (1) a mock diagnosis, that exposes the participants to the possibility that their clinical judgment can be biased by social class, (2) presentation of relevant literature exposing the incidence of social class bias within the clinical relationship, and (3) an post-presentation survey designed to improve the relevance and efficacy …