APA Dictionary of Psychology
treatment bias
- the influence of a patient’s personal characteristics (e.g. age, sex, gender, race, class) on the type and finality of treatment provided to them.
- a practitioner’s or researcher’s unrealistically positive or negative attitude toward a particular type of intervention strategy.
- an overly favorable view held by healthcare consumers toward providers (e.g., physicians) who offer more treatment options even though their benefits may be equivocal.
Updated on 11/15/2023
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