Obesity Bias and Stigma, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Intern Doctors: a Cross-sectional Study from Türkiye.
Servet AkerMustafa Kursat SahinPublished in: Obesity surgery (2023)
Medical faculties must develop curricula aimed at comprehensively addressing obesity-related bias. Such a curriculum should allow students to reflect on their biases, be aimed at reducing the effect of those biases on patient communication, and involve strategies directed toward eliminating those effects from physicians' treatment decisions.
Keyphrases
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