Intersectionality and the Surgical Patient: Expanding the Surgical Disparities Framework

Ann Surg. 2022 Jan 1;275(1):e3-e5. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005045.

Abstract

There are currently no surgical disparities frameworks that include patients with multiple social identities. This perspective provides an overview of the concept of intersectionality and provides a framework to evaluate intersectionality in surgical disparities research.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Ethnicity*
  • General Surgery / economics
  • General Surgery / ethics*
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Intersectional Framework*
  • Racial Groups*
  • Social Determinants of Health / economics
  • Social Determinants of Health / ethnology*
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Surgeons / ethics*