Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process

Katherine C Brooks; Katie E Raffel; David Chia; Abhishek Karwa; Colin C Hubbard; Andrew D Auerbach; Sumant R Ranji

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0705

Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process

JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Jun 1;184(6):704-706. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0705.

Authors

Katherine C Brooks¹, Katie E Raffel^{2

3}, David Chia¹, Abhishek Karwa¹, Colin C Hubbard⁴, Andrew D Auerbach⁴, Sumant R Ranji¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health, University of Colorado, Denver.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver.
⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 38619826
PMCID: PMC11019435 (available on 2025-04-15)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0705

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study assesses the association between stigmatizing language, demographic characteristics, and errors in the diagnostic process among hospitalized adults.

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnostic Errors* / prevention & control
Female
Humans
Language*
Male
Middle Aged
Stereotyping