Medicine's Race Problem. / Sally Satel.
by Satel, Sally; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 21Human Relations. Publisher: Policy Review, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Discrimination in medical care | Human genome | Medical ethics | Medicine -- Research | Pharmacogenomics | Race differencesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Race does have biological dimensions, and if we regard it solely as a social construct, we may forfeit opportunities to enlarge our medical treatment repertoire." (POLICY REVIEW) The author argues that the impact of race in health and medicine shouldn't be ignored or politicized because it is a very significant and important factor in research and treatment.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Medicine's Race Problem, Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002; pp. 49-58.
"Race does have biological dimensions, and if we regard it solely as a social construct, we may forfeit opportunities to enlarge our medical treatment repertoire." (POLICY REVIEW) The author argues that the impact of race in health and medicine shouldn't be ignored or politicized because it is a very significant and important factor in research and treatment.
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