Divided : racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare

By:

Sowemimo, Annabel

Publication details: London : Wellcome Collection/Profile Books, 2023Description: 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781788169202

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

HM 330.

Summary: 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 searingly truthful 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.

List(s) this item appears in: SLaM Library Black History Month and anti-racism books | Homerton: Diverse Perspectives reading list | Stenhouse Library - Diversity | SLAM Anti-Racism Reading List

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	BEH-MHT Library Service Shelves	HM 330 SOW 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BEH00876
Book	BEH-MHT Library Service Shelves	HM 330 SOW 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BEH00877
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	WA 90 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	In transit from CEME Library (NELFT) to BEH-MHT Library Service since 10/07/2023		NE14159
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	HM 330 SOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM0441
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	ZZ 3 SOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		024886
Book	Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Shelves	HM 330 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	30/05/2024	ST00362
Book	Whipps Cross Library (Barts Health) Shelves	HM 270 SOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Issued	05/06/2024	BARTS006224
Book	Whittington Health Library Shelves	DIV SOW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00024805

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 searingly truthful 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.

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