The role of genetic and sociopolitical definitions of race in clinical trials

• Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Vol. 15 Suppl 1; p. S100
• Main Authors: Payne, Jr, Perry W, Royal, Charmaine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2007
• Subjects: Clinical Trials as Topic - standards; Clinical Trials as Topic - statistics & numerical data; Continental Population Groups; Guidelines as Topic; Human Genome Project; Humans; Minority Groups; Terminology as Topic; United States; United States

Although the concept of race has been disputed for decades, race continues to be used as a variable in biomedical research. Public Law 103-43 calls on the National Institutes of Health to develop guidelines for defining "minority group" and "their subpopulations" for the purposes...