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When race is used as a variable in research, there is a tendency to that the results obtained are a manifestation of the biology of racial; race as a variable implies that a genetic reason may explain in incidence, severity, or outcome of medical conditions. , without saying so, lead readers to assume that certain racial have a special predisposition, risk, or susceptibility to the illnesses. Since this presupposition is seldom warranted, this kind of may be taken to represent a subtle form of racism. But in any case, there are ethical problems with the search for genetic reasons to certain types of diseases, the scientific pitfalls that stand in the of ethnic research are formidable since racial status is highly correlated social, economic, and political factors. We will explore the practical and examine the consequences of using race as a category in medical.
N G Osborne (Wed,) studied this question.