Report debunks AAMC claim that patients fare better with same‑race doctors
A Do No Harm report challenges assertions that patients receive better care from physicians of the same race, countering arguments made in an AAMC amicus brief.
A report by medical group Do No Harm finds that evidence does not support the claim that racial concordance — matching patients and doctors by race — leads to better treatment. The analysis directly disputes arguments cited in an amicus brief by the Association of American Medical Colleges. The report cautions against basing policy on assertions of benefit from race‑matching that it says lack robust empirical support.