Do patients' faces influence General Practitioners' cancer suspicions? A test of automatic processing of sociodemographic information.

Do patients' faces influence General Practitioners' cancer suspicions? A test of automatic processing of sociodemographic information.

Delayed cancer diagnosis leads to poorer patient outcomes. During short consultations, General Practitioners (GPs) make quick decisions about likelihood of cancer. Patients' facial cues are processed rapidly and may influence diagnosis.To investigate whether patients' facial characteristic...

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Main Authors: Rosalind Adam, Roberta Garau, Edwin Amalraj Raja, Benedict Jones, Marie Johnston, Peter Murchie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5699847?pdf=render

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