Inclusion The Politics of Difference in Medical Research by... - 9780226213101

Name: Inclusion The Politics of Difference in Medical Research by... - 9780226213101
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

Inclusion The Politics of Difference in Medical ResearchAuthor(s): Steven Epstein\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226213101, 978-0226213101\nSynopsis\nWith \""Inclusion\"", Steven Epstein argues that strategies to achieve diversity in medical research mask deeper problems, ones that might require a different approach and different solutions. Formal concern with this issue, Epstein shows, is a fairly recent phenomenon. Until the mid-1980s, scientists often studied groups of white, middle-aged men - and assumed that conclusions drawn from studying them would apply to the rest of the population. But struggles involving advocacy groups, experts, and Congress led to reforms that forced researchers to diversify the population from which they drew for clinical research. While the prominence of these inclusive practices has offered hope to traditionally undeserved groups, Epstein argues that it h.