Pharmacogenomics research involving racial classification: qualitative research findings on researchers' views, perceptions and attitudes towards socioethical responsibilities.

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BACKGROUND: Racial classification of study samples has been a common practice since the early days of pharmacogenomics research. The use of race as an axis of stratification in the study of human genetic variation and population differences in drug response has come under intense scrutiny recently, particularly among policy makers, clinicians and researchers. However, there are no published empirical data on how...

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