Divided - Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all too aware of the urgent health inequalities that plague our world. But these inequalities have always been urgent: modern medicine has a colonial and racist history. Here, in an essential and searingly truthful account, Annabel Sowemimo unravels the colonial roots of modern medicine. Tackling systemic racism, hidden histories and healthcare myths, Sowemimo recounts her own experiences as a doctor, patient and activist. The Painful Truth exposes the racial biases of medicine that affect our everyday lives and provides an illuminating - and incredibly necessary - insight into how our world works, and who it works for. This book will reshape how we see health and medicine - forever.

Product details

• Authors: ANNABEL SOWEMIMO, Annabel Sowemimo
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.01.2024
• EAN: 9781788169219
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-921-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Family and health, Medical Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Social discrimination and social justice