It is important for providers to understand how patients may perceive them for that providers not mistakenly think that social characteristics influence patients' lives but not their own.
Besides that it also important that by understanding what assumptions others may make about them, providers may recognize that stereotypes based on social categories may not be accurate.
Nevertheless, understanding how others perceive them can help providers recognize the need to get to know patients as individuals, rather than only through social characteristics.
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