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Workplace Discrimination: Experiences of Practicing Physicians
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Background: In response to a growing concern regarding physician discrimination in the workplace, this study was developed to: 1) describe the types of discrimination that exist for the practicing physician and 2) determine which groups of physicians are more likely to experience the various forms of discrimination.
Methods: Surveys were mailed to 1,930 practicing physicians in Massachusetts. Participants were asked if they had encountered discrimination, how significant the discrimina...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Life without discrimination would be impossible
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Columbia Daily Tribune
; There's so much confusion and emotionalism about discrimination that I thought I'd take a stab at a dispassionate analysis. Discrimination is simply the act of choice. When we choose Bordeaux wine, we discriminate against Burgundy wine. When I married Mrs. Williams, I discriminated against other
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Perceptions of discrimination in a recreation context.
Journal of Leisure Research
; Introduction Recently the effect of perceived discrimination on recreation participation has been the subject of a number of empirical investigations. West (1989) found that African Americans in the Detroit area were less frequent users of regional parks partly because of perceptions of prejudice
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