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Black Man in a White Coat (Damon Tweedy, MD)
The Fraser Resource Center is hosting a 5-part virtual book club series starting December 10th. We will be reading & discussing Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy, MD. Join us for a passionate dialogue on race, diversity, culture, and healthcare.
Copies of the book can be checked out from the Fraser Resource Center and Health Sciences in Gainesville or the Braselton Resource Center.
NNLM Reading Club summary: Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy, MD When 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. Black Man in a White Coat examines 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.
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This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, under Grant Number UG4LM012340 with the University of Maryland, Baltimore.