Is race-based medicine good for us?: African American approaches to race, biomedicine, and equality.

Full Abstract

This article presents a preliminary framework for exploring the intersection of science and racial politics in the public debate about race-based pharmaceuticals, especially among African Americans. It examines the influence of three political approaches to race consciousness on evaluations of racial medicine and offers an alternative critique.

Author information

Author/s: Roberts, Dorothy E (DE);

Affiliation: Northwestern University School of Law.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (J Law Med Ethics), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-; vol 36 (issue 3) : pp 537-45

Dates: Created 2008/10/08; Completed 2008/11/25;

PMID: 18840247, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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