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Race, Racism, and Respiratory Health
1University of California San Francisco, 550 Parnassus Avenue Box 0841, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Abstract:
The study and practice of pulmonary medicine have been profoundly influenced by race theory, which was ascendant at the time of key developments within the specialty. We explore how, as a social determinant of health, race remains a powerful driver of present-day health disparities in respiratory diseases. Both legacy and contemporary inequities are identified through Dr DR Williams's model of cultural, structural, and interpersonal racism.
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