Re-thinking the inclusion of race in British hypertension guidance

Abstract

Last year saw the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and a renewed global call for racial justice. The disproportionate impact of the covid-19 pandemic added further weight to a clear moral argument for equality within wider society. Against that background, in medicine too, long held biological assumptions about the influence of race in the diagnosis and management of illness are being evaluated, in light of expanding scientific knowledge.

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