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The costs of institutional racism and its ethical implications for healthcare
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posted on 2021-01-02, 00:00 authored by Amanuel EliasAmanuel Elias, Yin ParadiesYin ParadiesThis paper discusses the ethical implications of racism and some of the various costs associated with racism occurring at the institutional level. We argue that, in many ways, the laws, social structures, and institutions in Western society have operated to perpetuate the continuation of historical legacies of racial inequities with or without the intention of individuals and groups in society. By merely maintaining existing structures, laws, and social norms, society can impose social, economic, and health costs on racial minorities that impinge on their well-being and human dignity. Based on a review of multidisciplinary research on racism, particularly focusing on healthcare, we demonstrate how institutional racism leads to social and economic inequalities in society. By positing institutional racism as the inherent cause of avoidable disparities in healthcare, this paper draws attention to the ethical significance of racism, which remains a relatively neglected issue in bioethics research.
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Journal of Bioethical InquiryIssue
Symposium: Institutional Racism, Whiteness and BioethicsPublisher
Springer NetherlandsLocation
Dordrecht, NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1176-7529eISSN
1872-4353Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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DiscriminationInstitutional racismPrejudiceRacismSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineEthicsMedical EthicsSocial IssuesSocial Sciences, BiomedicalSocial Sciences - Other TopicsBiomedical Social SciencesSYSTEMIC RACISMASYLUM SEEKERSMENTAL-HEALTHRACEDISPARITIESEXCLUSIONAUSTRALIADETENTIONPROVIDERSLawPhilosophy
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