It is the responsibility of the medical/scientific community, morally 
and ethically, to care for, and research for, patients as a whole rather 
than only as a sum of defined parts. The issues of race-based 
decision-making is a long outstanding issue and as the article points 
out there is not one easy answer to genetics/health issues/sdoh, but the 
genetics issue is a key element for many. Until recently, black women 
irrespective of personal social status (have told me) had been advised 
they could not carry the BRCA mutations because they were black - a fact 
which is totally untrue. (BRCA mutations can increase the risk of breast 
cancer by 80%; ovarian cancer by 40%). The research did, in fact, 
exclude black women and other minorities, but the distorted and 
erroneous message was interpreted and not understood in the community 
and therefore, the potential of serious concerns was discounted. The 
fact that black women and other minorities were, and still are 
underrepresented in the research is a significant concern for 
appropriate care and survival. And, it's not just a U.S. issue.
Sandi


Denis wrote: They may compromise the health of people of color by 
eliminating from medical consideration the social determinants of health 
problems. ...


Geneticizing Disease: Implications for Racial Health Disparities
Center For American Progress - Washington,DC,USA

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/01/geneticizing_disease.html

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