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  • Public Health
  • Sociology of Healthcare

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  • The U.S. healthcare system exhibits a historical pattern of racist contempt towards Black people.
  • Institutional practices, from medical education to patient treatment, are built upon and perpetuate this racism.
  • These systemic issues cannot be dismissed as accidental but are deeply embedded in healthcare's foundations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To argue for the crucial role of bioethics and bioethicists in combating racism within healthcare.
  • To emphasize the necessity for bioethicists to understand the mechanisms and manifestations of contemptuous racism in U.S. healthcare.
  • To assert that antiracism must be integrated into the core mission of bioethics, alongside justice.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of historical and contemporary healthcare practices.
  • Examination of the intersection of bioethics, justice, and racism.
  • Argumentative framework for integrating antiracism into bioethical discourse.

Main Results:

  • Systemic racism is foundational to U.S. healthcare, impacting medical discovery, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Bioethics possesses a vital role and responsibility in addressing and dismantling racism in healthcare.
  • Understanding contemptuous racism is essential for effective intervention by bioethicists.

Conclusions:

  • Antiracism should be an integral component of bioethics' mission, mirroring its commitment to justice.
  • Bioethicists must actively engage with the complexities of racism to promote equitable healthcare.
  • The historical and ongoing racism in U.S. healthcare demands a proactive ethical response.