Race, Racism, & Health Inequities
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The Problem with Race-Based Medicine
TEDMED 2015; Dorothy Roberts
Articles
Bailey ZD, Krieger N, Agénor M, Graves J, Linos N, Bassett MT. Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions. Lancet. 2017;389(10077):1453‐1463. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X
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Special Issue: Racism in MedicineBritish Medical Journal (BMJ) devoted an entire issue to racism in medicine
Read about Racism in Medicine
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The Health Costs of Racism -- ScienceFriday
Research suggests that even hearing about racist incidents can cause mental and physical health problems for people of color.