Divided
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Divided

Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare

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eBook - ePub

Divided

Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare

About this book

WINNER OF THE BREAD & ROSES PRIZE FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024 A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2023 'Important and ambitious' Observer, Book of the Day 'An illuminating and powerful intersectional analysis of health inequalities and racism' i-D Magazine 'Prepare to be blown away' Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director General at WHO 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 searing 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. 'A vital call to action' Leah Hazard, author of Womb 'Urgent examination of how modern medicine is intertwined with colonial histories and racist ideas... compelling story-telling' Joanna Wolfarth, author of Milk 'Outstanding... beautifully written and erudite, yet highly accessible... should be mandatory reading for all medical practitioners' Jacqueline Roy, author of The Fat Lady Sings 'Necessary. In the right hands, this book will save lives' Nova Reid, author of The Good Ally

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Prologue
  6. 1. Colonialism, race and health
  7. 2. Testing subjects
  8. 3. We feel pain
  9. 4. Whitewashed
  10. 5. Skin in the game
  11. 6. They call her Jezebel
  12. 7. The psychology of oppression
  13. 8. Carcerality is not the cure
  14. 9. Our health policy is sick
  15. 10. The technology will be colonised
  16. 11. We need new metrics
  17. 12. Educating differently
  18. Epilogue
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Advocacy groups and resources
  21. Notes
  22. List of Illustrations
  23. Credits
  24. Index