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Is race medically relevant? A qualitative study of physicians' attitudes about the role of race in treatment decision-making

BACKGROUND: The role of patient race in medical decision-making is heavily debated. While some evidence suggests that patient race can be used by physicians to predict disease risk and determine drug therapy, other studies document bias and stereotyping by physicians based on patient race. It is cri...

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Autores principales: Snipes, Shedra Amy, Sellers, Sherrill L, Tafawa, Adebola Odunlami, Cooper, Lisa A, Fields, Julie C, Bonham, Vence L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21819597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-183