Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine — A Time for Reckoning with Racism

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Authors

Luisa N. Borrell · City University of New York

Jennifer R. Elhawary · City University of New York

Elena Fuentes‐Afflick · City University of New York

Jonathan Witonsky · City University of New York

Nirav R. Bhakta · City University of New York

Alan H.B. Wu · City University of New York

Kirsten Bibbins‐Domingo

Abstract

Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine U.S. health inequities won’t be eliminated by abandoning the use of race and ethnicity in research and clinical practice, since these variables capture key epi...

Topics & Keywords

Race, Genetics, and Society BRCA gene mutations in cancer Ethics in Clinical Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 384, Issue 5, pp. 474-480

DOI: 10.1056/nejmms2029562

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