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Author Villarosa, Linda, author.

Title Under the skin : the hidden toll of racism on American lives and the health of a nation / Linda Villarosa.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
©2022

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.1089 VILLAROSA    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  305.896 VIL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.896 VILLAROSA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  362.1089 VILLAROSA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  362.1089 VILLAROS    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  362.1089 VIL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1089 VIL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  362.108 VIL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.1089 VILLAROSA    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  362.1089 VIL    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 269 pages : 24 cm.
Contents Everything I thought was wrong -- The dangerous myth that Black bodies are different -- Unequal treatment -- Something about being Black is bad for your body and your baby -- Where you live matters -- Strong, loud, and angry: The invisibility of Black emotional pain -- Discrimination and ill-treatment can harm every body -- Putting the care back in health care: Solutions.
Summary "The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation, by a groundbreaking journalist at the New York Times Magazine"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-247) and index.
Subject African Americans -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
Racism in medicine -- United States.
Racism against Black people -- United States.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Health and hygiene. (OCoLC)fst00799620
African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
Discrimination in medical care. (OCoLC)fst00895105
Racism in medicine. (OCoLC)fst01744790
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
MEDICAL / Public Health.
Other Form: Online version: Villarosa, Linda. Under the skin First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2022 9780385544894 (DLC) 2021043389
ISBN 9780385544887 (hardcover)
038554488X (hardcover)
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