Mistrust, the Obstruction of Medicine
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Repairing the Breach between Medical Research and the African-American Community in Milwaukee
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Mistrust, the Obstruction of Medicine: Repairing the Breach between Medical Research and the African-American Community in Milwaukee
It is well known that participation rates in cancer clinical trials among African- Americans both nationally (Team, Gohagan, Prorok, Hayes, & Kramer, 2000) an...d in Milwaukee are unacceptably low. While the reasons for this have been documented in other regions, (Blocker et al., 2006; Robinson, Ashley, & Haynes, 1996) in Milwaukee they are currently unknown. Until the reasons for low participation among African-Americans in Milwaukee are known, attempts to increase participation will be uninformed and unsuccessful, as they will not address the root causes and - in turn - will fail to ameliorate cancer care inequalities that stem from a lack of research, as in prostate cancer among African-American males. Read More