Combating racial health disparities through medical education: The need for anthropological and genetic perspectives in medical training

Human Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 361-371

  Bolnick, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary medicine; Health disparities; Human genetic variation; Medical school curriculum; Race

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CURRICULUM; DISEASE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EPIGENOMICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991628154     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13110/humanbiology.87.4.0361     Document Type: Article

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