Family physicians' beliefs about genetic contributions to racial/ethnic and gender differences in health and clinical decision-making
Family physicians' beliefs about genetic contributions to racial/ethnic and gender differences in health and clinical decision-making
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10.1159/000133307
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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McBride, Colleen M.
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Warshauer-Baker, Esther;Bonham, Vence L.;McBride, Colleen M.
更多地关注遗传学作为群体健康差异的一个促成因素，可能会导致不适当地使用种族/族裔和性别作为遗传因素，并加剧健康差距。作为网络调查的一部分，1，035名家庭医生（FP）评估了遗传和环境对健康结果中种族/民族和性别差异的贡献，以及种族/民族和性别在其临床决策中的重要性。FP将健康结果中的种族/民族和性别差异同样归因于环境和遗传。这些信念与临床决策中人种/种族或性别的重要性无关。FP理解遗传和环境对种族/民族和性别健康差异的影响的复杂性。版权所有（c）2008 S. Karger AG，巴塞尔。
Greater attention towards genetics as a contributor to group health differences may lead to inappropriate use of race/ ethnicity and gender as genetic heuristics and exacerbate health disparities. As part of a web-based survey, 1,035 family physicians (FPs) rated the contribution of genetics and environment to racial/ethnic and gender differences in health outcomes, and the importance of race/ethnicity and gender in their clinical decision-making. FPs attributed racial/ethnic and gender differences in health outcomes equally to environment and genetics. These beliefs were not associated with rated importance of race/ethnicity or gender in clinical decision-making. FPs appreciate the complexity of genetic and environmental influences on health differences by race/ethnicity and gender. Copyright (c) 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel.