Concepts related to race Two concepts related to race that are regularly conflated with race in the health literature deserve special mention: ethnicity and ancestry. 4 Ethnicity is often used interchangeably or in combination with race (as race/ethnicity). Ethnic categories are used to group people according to their shared cultural heritage, language, social practice, traditions, and geopolitical considerations. As with race, there is no universal
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