Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
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- Synopsis
- "A VITAL CALL TO ACTION" Leah HazardIn 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.Divided 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.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781800818590
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 05/13/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Annabel Sowemimo
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.