Racial Categories in Medical Practice: How Useful Are They?

Is it good medical practice for physicians to "eyeball" a patient's race when assessing their medical status or even to ask them to identify their race?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Braun, Lundy, Fausto-Sterling, Anne, Fullwiley, Duana, Hammonds, Evelynn M, Nelson, Alondra, Quivers, William, Reverby, Susan M, Shields, Alexandra E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Essay
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1989738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17896853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040271
Descripción
Sumario:Is it good medical practice for physicians to "eyeball" a patient's race when assessing their medical status or even to ask them to identify their race?

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