An investigation of associations between clinicians' ethnic or racial bias and hypertension treatment, medication adherence and blood pressure control.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on February 19, 2014

Authors

Irene V Blair1, John F Steiner, Rebecca Hanratty, David W Price, Diane L Fairclough, Stacie L Daugherty, Michael Bronsert, David J Magid, Edward P Havranek

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado, UCB 345, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA, irene.blair@colorado.edu.

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