“Despite considerable evidence of racial discrimination in our society, Dr. Krieger noted that remarkably little public health or medical research has focused on the health consequences of racial discrimination. She recommended that cancer and public health research move from looking at how “race” explains “racial differences” in health to documenting and analyzing the health consequences of race relations and racial discrimination. This requires, at a minimum, the routine collection of appropriate racial/ethnic and socioeconomic data in public health databases. More detailed studies are also needed that use sound measures to capture the social meanings or racial/ethnic position across the life span.”

“Dr. Richard Boxer emphasized that that one’s health cannot be viewed in the abstract and is affected by many factors, including the attitudes of health-care providers.”