What Is Race-Conscious Medicine?
Rather than understand race as a biological factor that influences health, clinicians who practice race-conscious medicine recognize the influence of social, environmental, and political factors—especially on the health of patients from racially marginalized communities. In this video, we explore the practice of race-conscious medicine and discuss why it’s a more equitable alternative to racialized medicine.
References
Cerdeña, J. P., Plaisime, M. V., & Tsai, J. (2020). From race-based to race-conscious medicine: How anti-racist uprisings call us to act. The Lancet, 396(10257), 1125-1128. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32076-6/fulltext The American Academy of Family Physicians. (n.d.). Race Based Medicine. https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/racebased-medicine.html
Topics
- health equity
- public health
- medical discrimination
- equity
- racism
- inclusion
- diversity
- belonging
- RDEISE
- race-conscious medicine
- medical training
- race
- medical racism
- ancestry