"Utilizing [race] in the context of biologically driven decision-making is faulty. It's fraught with pitfalls," says physician Ebony Boulware, highlighting the misconceptions tied to race in medical diagnostics.
Medical tests that take race into account reinforce the idea that there are essential biological differences between ethnicities, which has long been debunked, according to Dr. Ebony Boulware.
In July 2020, the American Society of Nephrology and the US National Kidney Foundation announced a task force to review the racial considerations in kidney function tests, a critical response to systemic racism.
Kidney disease is a glaring example of racial health disparities, affecting African Americans roughly four times more frequently than those of European ancestry, illustrating the urgent need for reform.
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