In Most US Healthcare Settings Today, the Clinical Belief in 'Race

question 55

Multiple Choice

In most US healthcare settings today, the clinical belief in 'race':

• A) fosters clinical mistakes, such as when an individual is not tested for a problem thought only to occur among members of another 'race.'
• B) has fostered more precision in diagnostic practice.
• C) is not widespread.
• D) is supported by scientific advances in biology in general and genetics in particular.
• E) has been replaced by a practice of fine-grained inquiry into geographic ancestry.

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Definitions:

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