In the world of medicine, race-based diagnoses are still very real

Biological race is still sometimes used as a diagnostic tool in medicine. Why?

We’ve probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this episode, Dr. Andrea Deyrup breaks it down for us, and unpacks the problems she sees with practicing race-based medicine.

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