Abstract Aims: Medical case vignettes play a crucial role in medical education, yet they often fail to authentically represent diverse patients. Moreover, these vignettes tend to oversimplify the complex relationship between patient characteristics and medical conditions, leading to biased and potentially …

Aim: Informal caregivers share common experiences in providing care to someone with health and/or social needs, but at the same time their experiences differ across diverse backgrounds such as gender, age, culture, as these aspects of diversity co-shape these experiences. This scoping review aims to …

The relationship between race and biology is complex. In contemporary medical science, race is a social construct that is measured via self-identification of study participants. But even though race has no biological essence, it is often used as variable in medical guidelines (e.g., treatment recommendations …

Artikel gepubliceerd in NTvG: Richtlijnen geven soms aan dat je iemands huidskleur of afkomst mee moet laten spelen bij de afwegingen over een behandeling. Een bekend voorbeeld hiervan zijn de specifieke behandeladviezen voor ‘zwarte personen’ met hypertensie. Wij gingen na hoe bruikbaar dit onderscheid …