Seeing Patients - A Surgeons Story of Race and Medical Bias, With a New Preface

Gus White grew up on the wrong side of the color line in Jim Crow Tennessee, then became the first black medical student at Stanford and a top surgeon at Harvard. Throughout his career he has witnessed unconscious bias against nonwhite patients. Seeing Patients shares these sobering stories and outlines concrete solutions to medical inequity.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Augustus A. White III, MD, is Professor of Medical Education and Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the first African American department chief at Harvard’s teaching hospitals.David Chanoff is a writer living in Marlborough, MA.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Augustus A White, Augustus A. White, White Augustus A.
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 19.11.2019
• EAN: 9780674241374
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24137-4
• Seiten: 360
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Ethnic Studies, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / Physician & Patient, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Medical profession, Social issues & processes, doctor/patient relationship, Social and ethical issues, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Doctor / patient relationship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General