Part searing indictment of our healthcare system, part generational family memoir, part call to action, a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare recounts her journey to finally seizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Record details
ISBN:0593491289
ISBN:9780593491287
Physical Description:294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm print
Publisher:New York : Viking, [2024]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294).
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Where it begins. The original Dr. Blackstock ; Something wrong ; Everything we lost ; All the things they didn't teach me ; Misdiagnosed -- Part II. Opening my eyes. Homecoming ; Three patients ; A tale of two emergency rooms ; Motherhood ; Diversity and exclusion -- Part III. Unbound. Truth to power ; All the patients look like us ; Where I'm supposed to be ; A better way ; The way forward: actions speak louder than words.
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