Racism and Cardiology: A Global Call to Action

Overview

Journal CJC Open

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2022 Jan 7

PMID 34993445

Citations 12

Authors

Shrilla Banerjee

F Aaysha Cader

Martha Gulati

Quinn Capers 4th

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Abstract

Racism and racial bias influence the lives and cardiovascular health of minority individuals. The fact that minority groups tend to have a higher burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors is often a result of racist policies that restrict opportunities to live in healthy neighbourhoods and have access to high-quality education and healthcare. The fact that minorities tend to have the worst outcomes when cardiovascular disease develops is often a result of institutional or individual racial bias encountered when they interact with the healthcare system. In this review, we discuss bias, discrimination, and structural racism from the viewpoints of cardiologists in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the US, and how racial bias impacts cardiovascular care. Finally, we discuss proposals to mitigate the impact of racism in our specialty.

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