BIDMC's Brian J. Carney, MD, and Richard L. Haspel, MD, & colleague describe how non-evidenced based policies regarding people with sickle cell trait can lead to unequal treatment in the US military and college athletics and beyond.
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Sickle Cell Trait, Inequity, and the Need for Change | NEJM
Because of misperceptions about risks, people with sickle cell trait in the United
States may receive inequitable and potentially harmful treatment, with implications
for autonomy, privacy, and ...