Invited commentary: does social concordance matter?
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1186/s12875-025-03080-w and PMC identifier 12661732.
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Abstract
Social concordance is a facilitator of key dimensions of healthcare engagement and may mitigate effects of systemic oppression. Given social hierarchies disadvantage marginalized patients in medical encounters, social concordance can strengthen the patient-clinician therapeutic alliance and increase communication and epistemic justice, necessary precursors to patient empowerment and improved health outcomes.
Medical subject headings
- Physician-Patient Relations