Drugs and double binds: racial identification and pharmacogenomics in a system of binary race logic.
People respond to drugs in different ways depending on their genotype. Some geneticists and medical researchers have suggested using race as a substitute for genotype in prescribing medication. Overall, individuals resist the prescription of medication based on race, but some minority individuals, although indicating resistance and suspicion, ultimately choose race-based medication. This can be explained by the operation of Burkean identification in a system of binary race logic. Although individuals resist race-based medication and recognize race is not a legitimate genetic category, their identification with a racial-ethnic group places them in a double bind between choosing race-based medication or denying their racial identification.
Lynch
John
J
Department of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1505, USA. lynchjoa@uga.edu
Dubriwny
Tasha
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D004309:Double Bind Interaction; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics*; D014481:United States
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations