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The history of lung capacity: Racialisation and dissent

In the last two years, activists in the US, primarily medical students and then later junior faculty, have shed light on the pervasiveness of racialisation of medical algorithms. Race-based algorithms, such as those to estimate kidney function, vaginal birth after caesarian section and pulmonary function as well as many algorithms used in the field of cardiology are indicators of just how deeply racialised Western medicine is in its theories, practices and knowledge production. ....

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