Race Based Medicine, Colorblind Disease: How Racism in Medicine Harms Us All

Yearby, Ruqaiijah

doi:10.1080/15265161.2020.1851811

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“…Since race and ethnicity are social constructs, rather than biological ones, the definitions are fluid. 5 In earlier years, races and ethnicities aside from White and Black were measured inconsistently, if at all. In fact, Social Security categories for race were just Black, White, and "Other" until 1980.…”

Section: Beyond Black and Whitementioning

confidence: 99%

Imputing Race and Ethnicity

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Section: Beyond Black and Whitementioning

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Imputing Race and Ethnicity

2022

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“…More specifically, science and medicine have used biological race to support the racist mythical notion that there are "Black" genes, which cause Black individuals to be inferior to White people (3). Examples in which there appears to be some unspecific and undefined biological difference include the essentialist explanation for differences in IQ described in the Bell Curve Intelligence Theory, the Eugenics Movement, and the continued use of biological race in health disparities research, medical guidelines, and standards of care (4).…”

Section: Historical Roots Of Racism Stem From Medicine and Research Sciencementioning

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The Case for Health Reparations

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Chatterjee

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Front. Public Health

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The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities has again raised the issue of what justice in healthcare looks like. Indeed, it is impossible to analyze the meaning of the word justice in the medical context without first discussing the central role of racism in the American scientific and healthcare systems. In summary, we argue that physicians and scientists were the architects and imagination of the racial taxonomy and oppressive machinations upon which this country was founded. This oppressive racial taxonomy reinforced and outlined the myth of biological superiority, which laid the foundation for the political, economic, and systemic power of Whiteness. Therefore, in order to achieve universal racial justice, the nation must first address science and medicine's historical role in scaffolding the structure of racism we bear witness of today. To achieve this objective, one of the first steps, we believe, is for there to be health reparations. More specifically, health reparations should be a central part of establishing racial justice in the United States and not relegated to a secondary status. While other scholars have focused on ways to alleviate healthcare inequities, few have addressed the need for health reparations and the forms they might take. This piece offers the ethical grounds for health reparations and various justice-focused solutions.

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“…This leads to patients in severe pain avoiding care encounters or taking time in the middle of a painful crisis to dress nicely to be taken seriously (Power-Hays & McGann, 2020). In emergency settings, patients with SCD wait 60% longer for pain management interventions than patients who present and describe less severe pain (Yearby, 2021). Beyond putting children and adults with SCD in physiologic danger, racism contributes to impaired health-related quality of life and depression (Mougianis et al, 2020).…”

Section: Racismmentioning

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Sickle Cell Disease Care Planning for School Nurses

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Schoolchildren with sickle cell disease (SCD) experience physiologic and psychologic stress that can affect school functioning, mental well-being, and physical health. Student needs are unique and individualized; however, school nurses can support students and families with SCD through comprehensive and thorough care planning efforts. In addition to components specific to individual prescriptions and other nonpharmacological therapies, school nurses should consider school access and inclusion, pain management, racism, and disease self-management when care planning. As a healthcare provider who may have several continuous years of near-daily contact with students, the school nurse is an imperative provider, educator, and advocate for students learning to manage their SCD and avoid the related complications and challenges.

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Race Based Medicine, Colorblind Disease: How Racism in Medicine Harms Us All

Cited by 78 publications

References 59 publications

Imputing Race and Ethnicity

Imputing Race and Ethnicity

The Case for Health Reparations

Sickle Cell Disease Care Planning for School Nurses

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