The Resource Black man in a white coat : a doctor's reflections on race and medicine, Damon Tweedy, M.D
Black man in a white coat : a doctor's reflections on race and medicine, Damon Tweedy, M.D
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- Summary
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- "One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans. When Damon Tweedy begins medical school, he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, "More common in blacks than whites." Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of most health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care"--
- When Tweedy began medical school, he envisioned a bright future where his segregated, working-class background would become irrelevant. Instead he found himself grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans, and met a professor who bluntly questioned whether he belonged in medical school. In examining the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of most health problems in the black community
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Contents
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- Disparities -- Barriers -- Perseverance
- Introduction -- Disparities. People like us ; Baby mamas ; Charity care ; Inner-city blues -- Barriers. Confronting hate ; When doctors discriminate ; The color of HIV/AIDS -- Perseverance. Matching ; Doing the right thing ; Beyond race
- Isbn
- 9781250044631
- Label
- Black man in a white coat : a doctor's reflections on race and medicine
- Title
- Black man in a white coat
- Title remainder
- a doctor's reflections on race and medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- Damon Tweedy, M.D
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Discrimination in medical care -- North Carolina
- Physicians (General practice) -- North Carolina -- Biography
- African American physicians -- North Carolina -- Biography
- Tweedy, Damon -- Health
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans. When Damon Tweedy begins medical school, he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, "More common in blacks than whites." Black Man in a White Coat examines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of most health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care"--
- When Tweedy began medical school, he envisioned a bright future where his segregated, working-class background would become irrelevant. Instead he found himself grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans, and met a professor who bluntly questioned whether he belonged in medical school. In examining the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of most health problems in the black community
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tweedy, Damon
- Dewey number
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- 610.92
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- R154.T84
- LC item number
- A3 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tweedy, Damon
- African American physicians
- Physicians (General practice)
- Discrimination in medical care
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Label
- Black man in a white coat : a doctor's reflections on race and medicine, Damon Tweedy, M.D
- Bibliography note
- Includes bilbiographical references (pages 289-291)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Disparities -- Barriers -- Perseverance
- Introduction -- Disparities. People like us ; Baby mamas ; Charity care ; Inner-city blues -- Barriers. Confronting hate ; When doctors discriminate ; The color of HIV/AIDS -- Perseverance. Matching ; Doing the right thing ; Beyond race
- Control code
- 1614593
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250044631
- Lccn
- 2015018599
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1614593
- (OCoLC)886486049
- Label
- Black man in a white coat : a doctor's reflections on race and medicine, Damon Tweedy, M.D
- Bibliography note
- Includes bilbiographical references (pages 289-291)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Disparities -- Barriers -- Perseverance
- Introduction -- Disparities. People like us ; Baby mamas ; Charity care ; Inner-city blues -- Barriers. Confronting hate ; When doctors discriminate ; The color of HIV/AIDS -- Perseverance. Matching ; Doing the right thing ; Beyond race
- Control code
- 1614593
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250044631
- Lccn
- 2015018599
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1614593
- (OCoLC)886486049
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Discrimination in medical care -- North Carolina
- Physicians (General practice) -- North Carolina -- Biography
- African American physicians -- North Carolina -- Biography
- Tweedy, Damon -- Health
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Autobiographies
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