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

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 epidemiologic information. But incorporating genetic ancestry, genotypes, or biomarkers requires further study.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2021-02, Vol.384 (5), p.474-480
Hauptverfasser:	Borrell, Luisa N, Elhawary, Jennifer R, Fuentes-Afflick, Elena, Witonsky, Jonathan, Bhakta, Nirav, Wu, Alan H.B, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten, Rodríguez-Santana, José R, Lenoir, Michael A, Gavin, James R, Kittles, Rick A, Zaitlen, Noah A, Wilkes, David S, Powe, Neil R, Ziv, Elad, Burchard, Esteban G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Epidemiology Ethnicity - genetics Genotypes Humans Medicine Minority & ethnic groups Racial Groups - genetics Racism Socioeconomic factors United States
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Zusammenfassung:	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 epidemiologic information. But incorporating genetic ancestry, genotypes, or biomarkers requires further study.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMms2029562