Open AccessThe meanings of "race" in the new genomics: implications for health disparities research.
Author(s) -
Stephen Sung Jae Lee,
Joanna L. Mountain,
Barbara A. Koenig
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.13016/asad-ydzg
Subject(s) - health equity , socioeconomic status , race (biology) , racism , race and health , dilemma , public health , inequality , population health , economic justice , social determinants of health , sociology , political science , population , health care , medicine , gender studies , demography , law , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , mathematical analysis , nursing
Eliminating the well-documented health disparities found within the United States population is a laudable public policy goal. Social justice demands that we understand the sources of health inequality in order to eliminate them. A central dilemma is: To what extent are health disparities the result f unequal distribution of resources, and thus a consequence of varied socioeconomic status (or blatant racism), and t what extent are…
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