Recommendations based on race, ethnicity should be avoided in GI clinical guidelines
SAN DIEGO — Gastroenterology societies should refrain from incorporating race and ethnicity into clinical guidelines as doing so may exacerbate health inequities, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.“Race is a social construct, yet health care workers still use race and ethnicity to guide clinical decision-making,” Shazia M. Siddique, MD, MSHP, assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, told Healio. “Understanding how and when race is being used is important to determine potentialRead More