Article
The role of race in the clinical presentation.
Family medicine - 1 Jun 2001
Anderson M R, Moscou S, Fulchon C, Neuspiel D R
Abstract excerpt
What role, if any, should race play in clinical presentations? While race is widely used as a way of identifying patients, this practice has been challenged as conceptually flawed, potentially misleading, and possibly prejudicial to the patient. There are, however; important reasons for not excluding information about race. This article includes a set of guidelines for the inclusion of racial data in...
Topics
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Ethnicity
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Prejudice
- Racial Groups
- Social Class
- Stereotyping
- Terminology as Topic
- United States