728900login-checkBlack patients with kidney disease face greater health care burdens |
Shawn M. Carter
Underrepresented groups with kidney disease face greater health care burdens due to psychological and structural factors, such as stigma and institutional racism, data show.
“Racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States are disproportionately affected by chronic kidney disease and progressive kidney failure, and face significantly more socioeconomic challenges,” Merav Shohet, PhD, of the department of anthropology, Boston University College & Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and colleagues wrote. Read the full story in Healio.
728900login-checkBlack patients with kidney disease face greater health care burdens |