Confronting Medical Misinformation: Addressing Racism, Race-Based Medicine, and Kidney Disease

Race-based medicine is at the core of medical misinformation

In our fast-paced healthcare world, medical misinformation poses a serious threat. It can lead to poor patient outcomes and reinforce harmful biases, especially related to racial health disparities. While we usually focus on misinformation from social media and bad actors, in this NIMHD Insights Blog, we discuss how health professionals are part of the the legacy of sharing and using inaccurate race-based information to make care decisions. It has happened to members of my own family, and likely to other African Americans and other people of color. Read more for yourself.

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