Arguments against the use of racialized categories as genetic variables in biomedical research

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Outram, Simon M and Ellison, George T. H (2010) Arguments against the use of racialized categories as genetic variables in biomedical research. In: What's the use of race? Modern governance and the biology of difference. Whitmarsh, Ian and Jones, David S, eds. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 91-124.

Abstract

This chapter provides a detailed analysis of published criticisms and concerns surrounding the use of racialized categories as (if they were) markers of genetic variation in genetics and related biomedical research.

Item type Book Section
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/23946
ISBN 9780262514248
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1103 Clinical Sciences
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL)
Keywords racialised, genetics, ethnicity, ethnic groups, races, biomedical, markers, variables, stereotyping, health care disparities
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