Dismissed - Tackling the Biases That Undermine our Health Care

Have you ever felt you were treated differently by a medical professional due to your skin color, age, ethnicity, gender, or for any other reason? If so, you are far from alone. Health-care providers and their patients are human, and all humans have unconscious biases that affect how we listen, observe, and act. Bias impacts patients when they are at their most vulnerable. Health-care bias can mean the difference not just between suffering and relief, but between life and death. ; For the first time, an author with the unique perspective of being one of America’s top doctors, a woman, and Black, candidly addresses the issue of bias in health care, sharing personal and patient stories and pragmatic solutions. Dr. Angela Marshall, repeatedly named a “Top Doctor” by ;

Product details

• Authors: Angela Marshall, Marshall Angela, Kathy Palokoff
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2023
• EAN: 9780806542041
• ISBN: 978-0-8065-4204-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 216 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Family & health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)