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  • Can historical racism in medicine help explain current racial differences in medical care?

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    Acquiring new medical knowledge and assessing health are not as objective as people think, and historical beliefs about racial differences continue to cause problems in medical practice and scientific research, said medical historian and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Rana Hogarth.

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  • Editor’s note: To contact Rana Hogarth, email rhogarth@illinois.edu.