| Description |
vi, 298 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Vulnerable patients and doctors -- How dismissal can lead to death -- We're all vulnerable -- Why compassion, empathy, and respect matter -- The art and science of doctoring A prescription for doctors and patients Part 2: Too many are dismissed Our biased brain The threat from medical racism -- Dismissing women, gender identity, and sexual orientation -- The perils of ageism -- How we devalue people with disabilities Dealing the shame of obesity -- Part 3: Complex challenges to our health-care system -- Social determinants of health -- Science as an invasive health-care influence -- Technology as an invasive health-care influence -- Pharma and research as an invasive health-care influence -- Payment systems as an invasive health-care influence -- Part 4: A prescription to fix health care -- What we must do now -- Changing the future of health care in America -- Inclusion leads to life. |
| Summary |
A primary care doctor examines the ways that such factors as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and income have a negative impact on medical outcomes and offers solutions for overcoming systemic medical bias. |
| Subject |
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
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Sex discrimination in medicine -- United States.
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Minorities -- Medical care -- United States.
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Sexual minorities -- Medical care -- United States.
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Discrimination in medical care. (OCoLC)fst00895105
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Minorities -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst01023194
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Sex discrimination in medicine. (OCoLC)fst01114434
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health.
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| Added Author |
Palokoff, Kathy, 1953- author.
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| Added Title |
Tackling the biases that undermine our health care |
| ISBN |
9780806542041 (hardcover) |
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0806542047 (hardcover) |
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