Racial Categories in Medicine: A Failure of Evidence-Based Practice?

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Original Authors: Ellison George T. H; Smart Andrew; Tutton Richard; Outram Simon M; Ashcroft Richard; Martin Paul

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Race and ethnicity are imprecise markers of the genotypic and sociocultural determinants of health, argue the authors.

Published: September 25, 2007

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<div dir='ltr'><font size='6'><b>Racial Categories in Medicine: A Failure of Evidence-Based Practice?</b></font><br /><br /><strong>Summary by:</strong><a href="http://www.shvoong.com/writers/plos/" title="PLoS" target="_blank">PLoS</a><br />Race and ethnicity are imprecise markers of the genotypic and sociocultural determinants of health, argue the authors.<br /><a href="http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/1792597-racial-categories-medicine-failure-evidence/" target="_blank">Racial Categories in Medicine: A Failure of Evidence-Based Practice?</a> Originally published in Shvoong: <a href="http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/1792597-racial-categories-medicine-failure-evidence/" target="_blank">http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/1792597-racial-categories-medicine-failure-evidence/</a> </div>

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