Bioethicists Can and Should Contribute to Addressing Racism

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 3-12

  Danis, Marion ^a   Wilson, Yolonda ^b   White, Amina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioethics; discrimination; health disparities; inequity; racial violence; racism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICIST; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARDS; TEACHING; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICISTS; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RACISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84961253994     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1145283     Document Type: Article

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