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A practical way to address unconscious bias in language
Over the course of last year, I spoke several times with an African American …
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2 ways to improve your medical metaphors
A physician was talking with me about an article I wrote on metaphors, a few …
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Make this one change to improve your patient education
A while ago, I wrote a piece called 5 steps to improve your patient education. …
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Why addressing unconscious bias can make people nervous
Last week I was in Baltimore, at the International Conference on Communication …
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Reach more patients by reducing cultural bias in your metaphors and analogies
Metaphors and analogies are favored tools of poets -- and doctors. They …
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