{"product_id":"black-man-in-a-white-coat-a-doctors-reflections-on-race-and-medicine-paperback","title":"Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDamon Tweedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK SELECTION - \u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e BOOKLIST\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK SELECTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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 in whites.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Man in a White Coat \u003c\/i\u003eexamines 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 many 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamon Tweedy \u003c\/b\u003eis a graduate of Duke Medical School and Yale Law School. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Center. He has published articles about race and medicine in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Internal Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e. His columns and op-eds have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives outside Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772587704608,"sku":"9781250105042","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a9171657b23d800e3fb43a4dfaf137a.webp?v=1780408950","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/black-man-in-a-white-coat-a-doctors-reflections-on-race-and-medicine-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}