Mixed Race and Health Care |
In general, the absence of options for multiethnic or multiracial individuals reveals part of the problem in using race as a risk assessment tool: it neglects to account for the extent of genetic variation that underlies the concept of race. Thus, not only does it disregard a number of people who do not fit neatly into any of the given categories, but it may also misgauge the genetic contributions of individuals who do select a specific race or ethnicity with which they identify socially.
Atalie Nitibhon. “Race and health care: problems with using race to classify, assess, and treat patients” (Masters Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, pp 19).