Racialized algorithms for kidney function: Erasing social experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 268, Issue , 2021, Pages

  Braun, Lundy ^a   Wentz, Anna ^b   Baker, Reuben ^a   Richardson, Ellen ^a   Tsai, Jennifer ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Chronic kidney disease; Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Racialization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FILTRATION; MACHINE LEARNING;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIALIZED ALGORITHM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; KIDNEY; KNOWLEDGE; RACISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KNOWLEDGE; RACISM;

EID: 85097477270     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113548     Document Type: Article

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