Menu
Back to Equity and Access
05/01/26

Diagnostic injustice. What is it, what are its sources, and what can we do about it?

Hofmann, Bjørn. Diagnosis (Berl).

Collection Topics
Culture, Work System, and Implementation Equity, Access, and Timeliness
Share

Most recent

Diagnostic Excellence.

Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research.
10/01/26 Culture, Work System, and Implementation Measurement, Monitoring, and Event Analysis

Diagnostic Safety and Quality.

Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research.
10/01/26 Foundations of Diagnostic Excellence Culture, Work System, and Implementation

Primary care signals and diagnostic pathways before incident heart failure: a systematic scoping review.

Jerjes, El-Osta, Jhass, et al., J Prim Care Community Health.
09/09/26 Big Three Conditions Culture, Work System, and Implementation Epidemiology

Summary

Diagnostic excellence requires equitable diagnosis, yet unfairness in diagnostic processes remains comparatively underexamined. This ethical analysis and narrative review conceptualizes diagnostic injustice across five dimensions. Factors contributing to diagnostic injustice include uncertainty, prejudice, and biomedical dominance. The framework positions equity as a fundamental dimension of diagnostic excellence rather than a separate quality objective.
Read the paper
Hofmann B. Diagnostic injustice. What is it, what are its sources, and what can we do about it? Diagnosis (Berl). 2026;13(2):243-254.