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

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 537-545

  Roberts, Dorothy E ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Policy Research

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THERAPEUTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249096751     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.302.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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