When identifying underrepresented subgroups deserving of special recruitment efforts for research participation, social determinants of health other than race should be given more consideration.

Biological and cultural differences affect the experience of pain, and misinformation and biases affect its treatment.

Private equity investments in health care have grown to over $750 billion in the past decade and include every segment of the US health sector.

Underlying ideological foundations of stigma and equipment inadequacy include thin-centrism and inadequate representation of fat people in health care organizational leadership.