The Best Way for Clinicians to Avoid Bias in the Diagnosis

question 14

Multiple Choice

The best way for clinicians to avoid bias in the diagnosis of patients from ethnic minority groups is to

• A)avoid seeing such patients in their practice.
• B)avoid diagnosing such patients.
• C)employ only those personality measures which have been specifically designed for that ethnic group.
• D)learn to consider and test alternative hypotheses when evaluating clients from different ethnic groups.

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