Anti-Black racism in Canadian clinical tools
The use of what is termed race correction in clinical tools by family physicians is an overt manifestation of anti-Black clinical racism. This practice operates on the false and racist assumption that race is a biological category, and that Black people are somehow inherently biologically different
Authors
- Jo-Ann Osei-Twum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-7953)
- LLana James
- Amy S. Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9802-4021)
- Ijeoma Nnodim Opara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-9796)
- Nav Persaud
- Patricia O’Campo
Institutions
- Wayne State University (US)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Institute of Population and Public Health (CA)
- St Michael’s Hospital (GB)
- St Michael's Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Family Physician
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7202126
- Primary Topic
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00