Although race provides “no pertinent information at all” to patient care and often serves as a distraction to doctors since it is a social construct not a biological reality, according to the Ted Talk from Dorothy Roberts, how do doctors use race medicine today? a.Race plays a role in diagnostic tools, including using it as a proxy for muscle mass despite the fact that muscle mass does not vary by race b.Race plays a role in the marketing of drugs, including BiDil, which suggested that Black people with heart disease needed a different drug than white people c.Race is appropriately used to create medical instruments that “correct” for racial differences, so it is not improperly used by doctors d.Both A and B

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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Although race provides “no pertinent information at all” to patient care and often serves as a distraction to doctors since it is a social construct not a biological reality, according to the Ted Talk from Dorothy Roberts, how do doctors use race medicine today?

	a.	Race plays a role in diagnostic tools, including using it as a proxy for muscle mass despite the fact that muscle mass does not vary by race
	b.	Race plays a role in the marketing of drugs, including BiDil, which suggested that Black people with heart disease needed a different drug than white people
	c.	Race is appropriately used to create medical instruments that “correct” for racial differences, so it is not improperly used by doctors
	d.	Both A and B