Equity as a Method: Diversity in Teams and Justice in Clinical Research and Cancer Care
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https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2026v72n2.5718Keywords:
Health Equity, Socioeconomic Disparities in Health, Health InequitiesAbstract
This editorial discusses equity as methodological principle in clinical trial and oncologic assistance. Diversity of teams and populations is not only an ethics imperative, but an essential condition of scientific validity, distributive justice and quality of care in oncology.
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