Many practices have been adopted throughout the medical society to assist in providing effective treatment for patients. In the article, “Racial Categories: in Medical practice: how useful are they?” the authors, Braun Lundy, Anne Fausto-sterling, Duana Fullwiley. Evelyn M Hammonds, Alondra Nelson, William Quivers, Susan M Reverby and last but not least, Alexandra E Shields question these medical practices and the usefulness of them. Two questions that are prominent in this article are, is it good medical practice for physicians to take notes of a patients race when assessing their medical status? And the second question is, what of clinical importance can be learned by making a quick racial assessment? To answer these questions the authors
