The Color of Precision Medicine

by Shirley Sun and Zoe Ong

Will genome-based precision medicine fix the problem of race/ethnicity-based medicine? To answer this question, Sun and Ong propose the concept of racialization of precision medicine, defined as the social processes by which racial/ethnic categories are incorporated (or not) into the development, interpretation, and implementation of precision medicine research and practice.

Drawing on interview data with physicians and scientists in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032565586
• ISBN13: 9781032565583
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"