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Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism
John Hoberman
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Paperback. Doctors have always absorbed the racial stereotypes and folkloric beliefs about racial differences that permeate the general population. This title provides a description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 68.
"Black & Blue" is the first systematic description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients. The standard studies of medical racism examine past medical abuses of black people and do not address the racially motivated thinking and behaviors of physicians practicing medicine today. "Black & Blue" penetrates the physician's private sphere where racial fantasies and misinformation distort diagnoses and treatments. Doctors have always absorbed the racial stereotypes and folkloric beliefs about racial differences that permeate the general population. Within the world of medicine this racial folklore ... Read more
"Black & Blue" is the first systematic description of how American doctors think about racial differences and how this kind of thinking affects the treatment of their black patients. The standard studies of medical racism examine past medical abuses of black people and do not address the racially motivated thinking and behaviors of physicians practicing medicine today. "Black & Blue" penetrates the physician's private sphere where racial fantasies and misinformation distort diagnoses and treatments. Doctors have always absorbed the racial stereotypes and folkloric beliefs about racial differences that permeate the general population. Within the world of medicine this racial folklore ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520274013
SKU
V9780520274013
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Ref
99-1
About John Hoberman
John Hoberman is the author of Darwin's Athletes: How Sport Has Damaged Black America, Preserved the Myth of Race, Mortal Engines: The Science of Performance and the Dehumanization of Sport, The Olympic Crisis: Sport, Politics, and the Moral Order, and Sport and Political Ideology.
Reviews for Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism
"[An] eye-opening work... It is a pioneering, systematic study of racial issues in medicine/health care... Highly recommended."
A. Y. Lee, George Mason University Choice "The book comes at a perfect time... Black & Blue goes where previous studies have not... An unapologetic and systematic analysis."
Bill Maxwell Tampa Bay Times "Black and Blue should be required reading for ... Read more
A. Y. Lee, George Mason University Choice "The book comes at a perfect time... Black & Blue goes where previous studies have not... An unapologetic and systematic analysis."
Bill Maxwell Tampa Bay Times "Black and Blue should be required reading for ... Read more