Incorrect References and Wording: In the Special
Communication entitled "Use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Publication"
published in the May 28, 2003, issue of JAMA (2003;289:2709-2716), there
were references cited incorrectly in the text and incorrect wording. On page
2709, in the footnote Ms Kaplan should be listed as a freelance editor instead
of a freelance writer. On page 2710, in columns 1 and 2, reference 78 should
be cited instead of 77 for information attributed to Boehmer et al. In the
third column on that page, in the top paragraph the word "the" should be deleted
before "US Census data." On page 2711, the first paragraph of the section
"Third Challenge" should read thus: "Writing about race/ethnicity without
stigmatizing and without implying a we/they dichotomy between health professionals
and populations of color is challenging." On page 2712, at the bottom of the
first column, the italicized paragraph should end with references 22, 105,
and 113. On page 2713, in the first column the citation to Krieger and Fee
should be linked to reference 120 by Krieger et al. Also in that column, in
the second paragraph the last sentence should read: "Ungrounded, and often
unconscious, assumptions that all poor people are people of color . . ." And
in the middle column on that same page, the middle sentence should read: "For
example, as Bhopal and others point out,124,125 ‘Asian' is
an overly broad and ambiguous term, often used in the United Kingdom to refer
to individuals from the Indian subcontinent, and in the United States to refer
to individuals with origins in East or Southeast Asia."124