Tag: Lundy Braun

  • Spirometry, Measurement, and Race in the Nineteenth Century Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Volume 60, Number 2, April 2005 pages 135-169 Lundy Braun, Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence and Professor of Medical Science and Africana Studies Brown University Race correction is a common practice in contemporary pulmonary medicine that involves…

  • Can Science Explain the Concept of Race? PsycCRITIQUES Volume 57, Release 16 (2012-04-18) Article 4 5 pages Lundy Braun, Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence and Professor of Medical Science and Africana Studies Brown University Amed Logrono, Senior Human Biology Major Brown University A review of Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture…

  • Is it good medical practice for physicians to “eyeball” a patient’s race when assessing their medical status or even to ask them to identify their race?