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Challenging Race-Based Medicine Through Historical Education About the Social Construction of Race

2023-07-20

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<p>Background: Scientifically, there is little genetic variation among humans and race has no biological basis. However, medical school preclinical curricula tend to misrepresent race and reify biologically essentialist explanations for disease. The social construct of race is therefore used to inform healthcare providers’ treatment decisions. Use of race-based medicine has been identified as a contributor to raci...

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