Racism has been a prominent topic in the bioethics literature as of 2020, with its prevalence rising in conjunction with the Black Lives Matter movement. Pictured left are data demonstrating a surge in results for (racism x bioethics) in PubMed.
Alpert A. Philosophy’s Systemic Racism, published by Aeon/Psyche, online newsletter, September 24, 2020. |
Biggers A. Racism in Healthcare: What You Need to Know. Medical News Today, Sep 16, 2020. |
Borrell LN, Elhawary JR, Fuentes-Afflick E, et al. Race and Genetic Ancestry in Medicine - A Time for Reckoning with Racism. NEJM 2021, 384(5): 474-480. doi: 10.1056/NEJMms2029562. PMID: 33406325. |
Bridges KM, Keel T, Obasogie OK. Introduction: Critical Race Theory and the Health Sciences. The American Journal of Law & Medicine 2017, 43(2-3): 179-182. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1863517. |
Brünig L, Sabine S. Making Structural Discrimination Visible: A Call for Intersectional Bioethics. The American Journal of Bioethics 2022, 22(3): 42-44. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2027557. |
Byrd WM, Clayton LA. Race, Medicine, and Health Care in the United States: A Historical Survey. Journal of the National Medical Association 2001, 93(3 Suppl): 11S-34S. PMID: 12653395 PMCID: PMC2593958. |
Char DS, Shah NH, Magnus D. Implementing Machine Learning in Health Care - Addressing Ethical Challenges. NEJM 2018, 378(11): 981-983. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1714229. |
Chattopadhyay S, Myser C, De Vries R. Bioethics and Its Gatekeepers: Does Institutional Racism Exist in Leading Bioethics Journals? Bioethics Inquiry 2013, 10: 7-9. doi: 10.1007/s11673-012-9424-5. |
Chowkwanyun M, Reed AL. Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19—Caution and Context. NEJM 2020, 383(3): 201-203. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2012910. |
Clark US, Hurd YL. Addressing Racism and Disparities in the Biomedical Sciences. Nature Human Behaviour 2020, 4: 774-777. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0917-7. |
Conley D. Toward a Two-Dimensional Conception of Socioeconomic Status for Health Policy. Milbank Quarterly Opinion, December 17, 2020. This is a commentary explaining how not only income and education, but also inter-generational wealth, and in turn racism, affect health disparities. |
Danis M, Wilson Y, White A. Bioethicists Can and Should Contribute to Addressing Racism. The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(4): 3-12. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1145283.
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Elias A, Paradies Y. The Costs of Institutional Racism and its Ethical Implications for Healthcare. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2021, 2:1-14. doi: 10.1007/s11673-020-10073-0. Online ahead of print. |
Fabi R, Goldberg DS. Bioethics, (Funding) Priorities, and the Perpetuation of Injustice. The American Journal of Bioethics 2021, 22: 1-14. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1867934. PMID: 33480827. |
Farley MA. Institutional Ethics Committees as Social Justice Advocates. Health Progress 1984, 65(9): 32-5, 56. PMID: 10268330. |
Fulford B, Radden J. An Internal Racism. Bioethics 2002, 16(5): iii-viii. doi: 10.1111/1467-8519.00297. PMID: 12472086. |
Fuller LL. Policy, Advocacy, and Activism: On Bioethicists' Role in Combating Racism. The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(4): 29-31. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1145287. PMID: 26982919. |
Galarneau C. Structural Racism, White Fragility, and Ventilator Rationing Policies. The Hastings Center, April 20, 2020. |
Gee GC, Ford CL. Structural Racism and Health Inequities: Old Issues, New Directions. Du Bois Review 2011, 8(1): 115-132. doi: 10.1017/S1742058X11000130. |
Gross MS, Norton A. The Birth of Injustice: COVID-19 Hospital Infection Control Policy on Latinx Birth Experience. The American Journal of Bioethics 2021, 21(3): 102-104. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1870769. PMID: 33616488. |
Grzanka PR, Brian J, Shim JK. My Bioethics Will Be Intersectional or It Will Be [Bleep]. The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(4): 27-29. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2016.1145289. |
Hagopian A, West KM, Ornelas IJ, et al. Adopting an Anti-Racism Public Health Curriculum Competency: The University of Washington Experience. Public Health Reports 2018, 133(4): 507-513. doi: 10.1177/0033354918774791. Epub 2018 May 30. PMID: 29847749. |
Haupt L. Patient Welfare and Trust. The Hastings Center Report 2020, 50(1):2. doi: 10.1002/hast.1073. PMID: 32068282. |
Ho A. Racism and Bioethics: Are We Part of the Problem? The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(4): 23-25. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2016.1145293. |
Hoberman J. Why Bioethics Has a Race Problem. The Hastings Center Report 2016, 46(2): 12-18. doi.org/10.1002/hast.542. |
Kaebnick GE, Haupt L. Learning from a Pandemic. The Hastings Center Report 2020, 50(3):3. doi: 10.1002/hast.1115. PMID: 32596913. |
Khazanchi R, Evans CT, Marcelin JR. Racism, Not Race, Drives Inequity Across the COVID-19 Continuum. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3(9): e2019933. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19933. |
Lewsley J. What are the Effects of Racism on Health and Mental Health? Medical News Today, July 28, 2020. |
Non AL, Gravlee CC. Biology and Culture Beyond the Genome: Race, Racism, and Health. American Anthropologist 2015, 117(4): 736-749. doi.org/10.1111/aman.12365. |
O’Brien R, Neman T, Seltzer N, et al. Structural Racism, Economic Opportunity and Racial Health Disparities: Evidence from U.S. Counties. SSM Population Health 2020, 11:1-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100564. |
Ogedegbe G. Responsibility of Medical Journals in Addressing Racism in Health Care. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3(8): e2016531. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16531. |
Olszewski AE, Scott M, Patneaude A, et al. Race and Power at the Bedside: Counter Storytelling in Clinical Ethics Consultation. The American Journal of Bioethics 2021, 21(2): 77-79. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1861369. PMID: 33534694. |
Oni-Orisan A, Mavura Y, Banda Y, Thornton TA, Sebro R. Embracing Genetic Diversity to Improve Black Health. NEJM 2021, 384(12):1163-1167. doi: 10.1056/NEJMms2031080. PMID: 33567186. |
Owens K, Walker A. Those Designing Healthcare Algorithms Must Become Actively Anti-Racist. Nature Medicine 2020, 26(9): 1327-1328. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-1020-3. PMID: 32908272. |
Parker LS, Satkoske VB. Ethical Dimensions of Disparities in Depression Research and Treatment in the Pharmacogenomic Era. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2012, 40(4): 886-903. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2012.00718.x. PMID: 23289692. |
Parsi K. The Unbearable Whiteness of Bioethics: Exhorting Bioethicists to Address Racism. The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(4):1-2. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1159076. PMID: 26982910. |
Parsi K, Dudzinski DM. The Need for Praxis in Combating the Race Idea in Bioethics: Theory, Reflection, and Action. The American Journal of Bioethics 2022, 22(3): 4-5. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2035158 |
Randall VR. Slavery, Segregation and Racism: Trusting the Health Care System Ain't Always Easy! An African American Perspective on Bioethics. St Louis University Public Law Review 1996, 15(2): 191-235. PMID: 11656870. |
Reverby SM. Compensation and Reparations for Victims and Bystanders of the U.S. Public Health Service Research Studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala: Who Do We Owe What? Bioethics 2020, 34(9): 893-898. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12784. Epub 2020 Jun 30. PMID: 32608027. |
Russell CA. Questions of Race in Bioethics: Deceit, Disregard, Disparity, and the Work of Decentering. Philosophy Compass 2016, 11(1): 43-55. doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12302. |
Sabatello M, Jackson Scroggins M, Goto G, et al. Structural Racism in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moving Forward. The American Journal of Bioethics 2021, 21(3): 56-74. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1851808. Epub 2020 Dec 19. PMID: 33345745. |
Sakran JV, Hilton EJ, Sathya C. Racism in Health Care Isn't Always Obvious. Scientific American, July 9, 2020. |
Sullivan LS. Trust, Risk, and Race in American Medicine. The Hastings Center Report 2020, 50(1): 18-26. doi: 10.1002/hast.1080. PMID: 32068281. |
Stanley J, Harris R, Cormack D, et al. The Impact of Racism on the Future Health of Adults: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study. BMC Public Health 2019, 346:1-10. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6664-x. |
Stone J. Racism and Bioethics: Experiences and Reflections. The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(4): 13-35. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2016.1145304. |
Tello M. Racism and Discrimination in Health Care: Providers and Patients. Harvard Health Blog posted January 16, 2017, updated July 9, 2020. |
Treadwell HM. The Pandemic, Racism, and Health Disparities Among African American Men. American Journal of Men’s Health August 7, 2020. doi.org/10.1177%2F1557988320949379. |
Truong M, Sharif MZ. We're in This Together: A Reflection on How Bioethics and Public Health Can Collectively Advance Scientific Efforts Towards Addressing Racism. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Jan 7, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s11673-020-10069-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33415592. |
Vyas DA, Eisenstein LG, Jones DS. Hidden in Plain Sight - Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms. NEJM 2020, 383(9): 874-882. doi: 10.1056/NEJMms2004740. PMID: 32853499. |
Wilson YY. Bioethics, Race, and Contempt. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2021, 7:1-10. online ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s11673-020-10070-3. PMID: 33415595. |
Yearby R. Structural Racism and Health Disparities: Reconfiguring the Social Determinants of Health Framework to Include the Root Cause. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2020, 48(3): 518-526. doi:10.1177/1073110520958876. |
Zusevics KL. Public Health Genomics: A New Space for a Dialogue on Racism through Community Based Participatory Research. Public Health 2013, 127(11): 981-3. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.011. PMID: 24183926. |