Ethics Talk: What Are Clinicians’ Obligations to Patients Who Express Bias or Discrimination?

Published: June 1, 2019, 10 a.m.

When a patient’s preference expresses injustice, how should clinicians respond? This month on Ethics Talk, Dr Fatima Cody Stanford discusses a delicate tension between preserving relationships with biased patients and preserving one’s own dignity, and Dr Kimani Paul-Emile describes how organizations can support clinicians who experience bias, discrimination, or harassment.