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Being Specific About Race-Specific Medicine

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Gary Puckrein's paper "BiDil: From Another Vantage Point" misrepresents rather than refutes our previously published analysis of BiDil. Puckrein claims that if our analysis were to prevail, patients would be denied life-saving therapy. Any reasonable reading of our paper suggests exactly the opposite. Indeed, based on the evidence, we urge doctors to prescribe the generics or BiDil itself as they see fit, but without regard to the race of their patient.

Source: Health Affairs

DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w375

Authors: Jonathan Kahn, Pamela Sankar

Institutions: University of Pennsylvania, Hamline University

Language: English

Topic: Race, Genetics, and Society

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Human Genome Research Institute