Divided : racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare /
Annabel Sowemimo.
- 406 pages illustrations ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Colonialism, race and health -- Testing subjects -- We feel pain -- Whitewashed -- Skin in the game -- They call her Jezebel -- The psychology of oppression -- Carcerality is not the cure -- Our health policy is sick -- The technology will be colonised -- We need new metrics -- Educating differently -- Prologue -- Epilogue.
"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. '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."-- https://wellcomecollection.org/books/ZBHiqhQAAB3yFgDb
Orwell Prize for Political Writing Shortlisted, 2023
9781788169202
2025474228
020957637 Uk
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