Genetic research and health disparities.

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dc.contributor.authorSankar, Pamela
dc.contributor.authorCho, Mildred K
dc.contributor.authorCondit, Celeste M
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Linda M
dc.contributor.authorKoenig, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorLee, Sandra Soo-Jin
dc.contributor.authorSpicer, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:04:06Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:04:06Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractAlleviating health disparities in the United States is a goal with broad support. Medical research undertaken to achieve this goal typically adopts the well-established perspective that racial discrimination and poverty are the major contributors to unequal health status. However, the suggestion is increasingly made that genetic research also has a significant role to play in alleviating this problem, which likely overstates the importance of genetics as a factor in health disparities. Overemphasis on genetics as a major explanatory factor in health disparities could lead researchers to miss factors that contribute to disparities more substantially and may also reinforce racial stereotyping, which may contribute to disparities in the first place. Arguments that promote genetics research as a way to help alleviate health disparities are augmented by several factors, including research funding initiatives and the distinct demographic patterns of health disparities in the United States.
dc.description.urihttp://jama.ama-assn.org/content/291/24/2985.long
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/vtfy-lrok
dc.identifier.citationSankar, Pamela and Cho, Mildred K and Condit, Celeste M and Hunt, Linda M and Koenig, Barbara and Marshall, Patricia and Lee, Sandra Soo-Jin and Spicer, Paul (2004) Genetic research and health disparities. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 291 (24). pp. 2985-2989.
dc.identifier.issn1538-3598
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 3000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23624
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectGenetics and Race
dc.subjecthealth disparities
dc.subjectgenetic research
dc.titleGenetic research and health disparities.
dc.typeArticle

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