Minimizing the influence of unconscious bias in evaluations: a practical guide.
The forensic psychiatrist's efforts to strive for objectivity may be impaired by unrecognized unconscious biases. The author presents a framework for understanding such biases. He then offers a practical approach for individual forensic psychiatrists who want to identify and minimize the influence of previously unrecognized biases on their evaluations.
Goldyne
Adam J
AJ
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. agoldynemd@mac.com
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