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. 2008 Fall;36(3):537-45.
doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.302.x.

Is race-based medicine good for us?: African American approaches to race, biomedicine, and equality

Dorothy E Roberts  1
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Is race-based medicine good for us?: African American approaches to race, biomedicine, and equality

Dorothy E Roberts. J Law Med Ethics. 2008 Fall.

Abstract

This article presents a preliminary framework for exploring the intersection of science and racial politics in the public debate about race-based pharmaceuticals, especially among African Americans. It examines the influence of three political approaches to race consciousness on evaluations of racial medicine and offers an alternative critique.

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