Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-297).
Contents:
Health gaps -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Life and death -- Racism in society -- Systemic racism -- Interpersonal racism -- Colorism -- Racism in medicine -- Racial bias in health care -- Race-based medicine -- Data gaps -- The missing data -- Closing the data gaps -- The illusion of inclusion.
Summary:
"A science-based, data-driven, and global exploration of racial disparities in health care access by virologist, immunologist, and science journalist Layal Liverpool, arguing that racism affects our biology"-- Provided by publisher.
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