"Racism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Differential treatment or unequal access to opportunities, based on group membership such as origin or ethnicity.
| Descriptor ID |
D063505
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.813.550.500 F01.145.813.629.625 F01.829.595.500 I01.880.735.820.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Racism- Racism
- Racial Bias
- Bias, Racial
- Racial Prejudice
- Prejudice, Racial
- Prejudices, Racial
- Racial Prejudices
- Racial Discrimination
- Discrimination, Racial
- Discriminations, Racial
- Racial Discriminations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Racism" by people in Profiles.
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Chronic pain and hazardous drinking among black adults through a minority stress lens: The role of daily microaggressions. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2026 Oct 01; 287:113312.
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Pregnancy-Specific Stress and Racial Discrimination Among U.S. Women. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Feb; 27(2):328-334.
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Racial discrimination among children in the United States from 2016 to 2020: an analysis of the National Survey of Children's Health. J Osteopath Med. 2023 01 01; 123(2):103-111.
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Exploring Race, Racism, and Structural Racism in Medicine. Dermatol Clin. 2023 Apr; 41(2):345-350.
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Theory Integration for Examining Health Care Discrimination among Minoritized Older Adults with Chronic Illness. West J Nurs Res. 2023 03; 45(3):262-271.
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The Clarion Call of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Medical Education Can Mitigate Racial and Ethnic Disparities. Acad Med. 2021 11 01; 96(11):1518-1523.
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A Prospective Examination of Racial Microaggressions in the Medical Encounter. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 06; 7(3):519-527.
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Characterizing Discrimination Experiences by Race among Homeless Adults. Am J Health Behav. 2019 05 01; 43(3):531-542.
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To the point: undergraduate medical education learner mistreatment issues on the learning environment in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 11; 221(5):377-382.
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Learner Reactions to Activities Exploring Racism as a Social Determinant of Health. Fam Med. 2019 01; 51(1):41-47.