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Take 15 - Race as a Social Construct in Medical Practice

In this compelling TED Talk, social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts delivers a powerful message: race-based medicine is detrimental to healthcare. She examines how doctors sometimes rely on a patient's skin color to make critical decisions about pain tolerance rather than medical observation and measurement, and calls for healthcare reform to end the social inequalities that perpetuate race-based practices.

The Problem with Race-Based Medicine - Dorothy Roberts

Roberts, D. (2016). The problem with race-based medicine [Video]. TED Talks. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/KxLMjn4WPBY