Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226213101)

With 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 underserved groups, Epstein argues that it has drawn attention away from the tremendous inequalities in health that are rooted not in biology but in society.

"Epstein's use of theory to demonstrate how public policies in the health profession are shaped makes this book relevant for many academic disciplines. . . . Highly recommended."-Choice

"A masterful comprehensive overview of a wide terrain."-Troy Duster, Biosocieties

Author: Steven Epstein
ISBN-10: 0226213102
ISBN-13: 9780226213101
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.74w x 0.90d