The impact of wearing a white coat on the perception of older people
Coline Crutzen,
Stéphane Adam,
Sylvie Willems
Abstract:Objective: Previous studies have demonstrated that wearing a white coat affects patients (“the white coat effect”), the individual wearing the white coat (“enclothed cognition”), and the relationship itself between both parties. The aim of our study is to determine whether our perception of an older person differs when they are interacting with a professional caregiver wearing a white coat as opposed to when the caregiver is in civilian clothing. To the best of our knowledge, no study has been conducted on thi… Show more
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