The author makes an excellent point regarding the need to focus attention on questions of race and sex in relation to certain health outcomes. We must address the questions raised about minority health issues, but we should do so in an arena of scientific integrity, not in the service of a political policy that is widening, not narrowing, the gaps in understanding between persons of different races. 55901 References 1. Ann Intern Med. Burns RB, McCarthy EP, Freund KM, Marwill SL, Shwartz M, Ash A, et al.
Black women receive less mammography even with similar use of primary care.
Ann Intern Med. Moormeier J. Breast cancer in black women. Ann Intern Med. In my view, Dr. Bauer makes at least two mistakes. The three articles on which my editorial commented made it clear that with regard to medical outcomes, race is clearly still a relevant, and indeed powerful, way to distinguish among persons.