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Bioethicists Can and Should Contribute to Addressing Racism

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The problems of racism and racially motivated violence in predominantly African American communities in the United States are complex, multifactorial, and historically rooted. While these problems are also deeply morally troubling, bioethicists have not contributed substantially to addressing them. Concern for justice has been one of the core commitments of bioethics. For this and other reasons, bioethicists should contribute to addressing these problems. We consider how bioethicists can offer meaningful contributions to the public discourse, research, teaching, training, policy development, and academic scholarship in response to the alarming and persistent patterns of racism and implicit biases associated with it. To make any useful contribution, bioethicists will require preparation and should expect to play a significant role through collaborative action with others.

Source: The American Journal of Bioethics

DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1145283

Authors: Marion Danis, Yolonda Wilson, Amina White

Institutions: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Howard University

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institutes of Health, NIH Clinical Center