Hidden in Plain Sight—Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms
Darshali A. Vyas, Leo G. Eisenstein, David S. Jones
Abstract
(Abstracted from N Engl J Med 2020;383(9):874–882) The role of race and ethnicity in medicine continues to be debated. On one side, categories of race and ethnicity are seen as clinically useful because they reflect population genetics.
Topics & Concepts
Race (biology)MedicineEthnic groupAnthropologyGender studiesSociologyBRCA gene mutations in cancerNutrition, Genetics, and Disease