Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine—A Time for Reckoning With Racism
Luisa N. Borrell, Jennifer R. Elhawary, Elena Fuentes‐Afflick, Jonathan Witonsky, Nirav R. Bhakta, Alan H.B. Wu, Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo, José Rodríguez‐Santana, Michael A. LeNoir, James R. Gavin, Rick A. Kittles, Noah Zaitlen, David S. Wilkes, Neil R. Powe, Elad Ziv, Esteban G. Burchard
Abstract
(Abstracted from N Engl J Med 2021;384:474–480) This article published in The New England Journal of Medicine emphasizes the importance of including race and ethnicity in biomedical research and clinical practice. These variables are important in the consideration of epidemiologic information, including social determinants of health such as racism and discrimination, socioeconomic position, and environmental exposures.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRace (biology)RacismEthnic groupRace and healthSocioeconomic statusDemographyFamily medicineEnvironmental healthGender studiesPopulationAnthropologySociologyRace, Genetics, and SocietyHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingNutrition, Genetics, and Disease