Do patients' faces influence General Practitioners' cancer suspicions? A test of automatic processing of sociodemographic information.
Rosalind AdamRoberta GarauEdwin Amalraj RajaBenedict JonesMarie JohnstonPeter MurchiePublished in: PloS one (2017)
GPs' first impressions about cancer risk are influenced by patient age, gender, and ethnicity. Tackling GP cognitive biases could be a promising way of reducing cancer diagnostic delays, particularly for younger patients.