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100 1 Tweedy, Damon,|eauthor.
245 10 Black man in a white coat|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic
resource]|ba doctor's reflections on race and medicine /
|cDamon Tweedy, M.D.
264 1 New York :|bPicador,|c2015.
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500 Electronic book.
520 "One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his
experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique
health problems of black AmericansWhen 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"--
|cProvided by publisher.
520 "When Damon Tweedy first enters the halls of Duke
University Medical School on a full scholarship, 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. When one of his first professors
mistakes him for a maintenance worker, it is a moment that
crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his
early career. Making matters worse, in lecture after
lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds,
"More common in blacks than whites." In riveting, honest
prose, 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 elements take on greater meaning when
Tweedy finds himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far
more common among black people. In this powerful, moving,
and compassionate book, Tweedy deftly 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.- For readers of Atul Gawande,
Sandeep Jauhar, Pauline W. Chen, and Henrietta Lacks"--
|cProvided by publisher.
533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cPicador|d2015
|nAvailable via World Wide Web.
600 10 Tweedy, Damon,|xHealth.
650 0 African American physicians|zNorth Carolina|vBiography.
650 0 Physicians (General practice)|zNorth Carolina|vBiography.
650 0 Discrimination in medical care|zNorth Carolina.
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