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4.56 AVERAGE
4.56 AVERAGE
Legacy is a journey through the critical intersection of racism & healthcare. The book highlights Dr. Blackstock's journey from child to med student to practicing physician.
As an African-American female & healthcare worker I was immediately drawn to this book & was not disappointed! I could definitely relate to the author's feelings of imposter syndrome, lack of diversity, & lack of mentorship in her professional settings. I enjoyed how the author used her experiences to highlight the inequities in the healthcare system. I felt that made the story more personal instead of just giving facts and figures. The book was also well researched & references were included for further examination.
The only criticism I have is that I would have liked more recommendations on how the author feels the healthcare system should be changed to address the problems she highlights in the book.
Overall, I felt this was a great, well-written book that highlights how healthcare in this country needs to be re-examined.
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As an African-American female & healthcare worker I was immediately drawn to this book & was not disappointed! I could definitely relate to the author's feelings of imposter syndrome, lack of diversity, & lack of mentorship in her professional settings. I enjoyed how the author used her experiences to highlight the inequities in the healthcare system. I felt that made the story more personal instead of just giving facts and figures. The book was also well researched & references were included for further examination.
The only criticism I have is that I would have liked more recommendations on how the author feels the healthcare system should be changed to address the problems she highlights in the book.
Overall, I felt this was a great, well-written book that highlights how healthcare in this country needs to be re-examined.
Thanks for reading this review. Please check out my YouTube channel @TriceyReads https://www.youtube.com/@TriceyReads for more book reviews & recommendations.
this book should be required reading for everyone. it is eye opening and maddening how backwards things can be in this country. highly recommend.
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A SciFri book club read. A blend of Dr Blackstock’s own journey as a Black women to becoming a doctor and her mother’s story. She said in her epilogue: ‘legacy is knowing that systemic racism makes the whole journey harder for us (Black people). Legacy is a tribute to our mother, and acknowledgement of the barriers she was forced to overcome and a lifelong commitment to making the way easier for those in the future. ‘
In order to have more Black people getting into the medical field, a whole change of the system needs to happen. It’s not a simple solution but something that needs to happen.
In order to have more Black people getting into the medical field, a whole change of the system needs to happen. It’s not a simple solution but something that needs to happen.
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Beyond eye-opening. The moment I read the summary of the book I just knew that I had to read the entire thing. Dr. Blackstock’s writing and descriptions are incredibly cogent and expressive and forced me to confront some of the inequality that black people have been facing in this country. I was beyond shocked by several examples (eg the sickle cell disease lack of funding for research, the unethical smallpox inoculation, the disgusting gynaecology practice/experimentation etc.). I couldn’t put this book down and although I was beyond horrified and shocked and disappointed in our healthcare system— I knew I had to be educated and learn as much as possible about the reality behind the black experience in America. I don’t exactly know where to go from here in terms of what to do next, but I’m going to keep working and trying to continue educating myself until I become a doctor and can assist in instituting some real change (for now I hope to look at the intersection of race and geriatrics and maybe there’s room for palliative care or neurology in there too). I’m really grateful my professor assigned this book for my Hospital Stories class and I’m beyond grateful that I took the chance to start it and force myself to read the whole thing (wasn’t rly forced, I wanted to read it). I feel like I learned a lot about academia and family members and the importance of support and mentors and adequate mentorship and how that opens so many doors as well. Either way, grateful that Dr. Uché Blackstock wrote this book and forced us to come to terms with the reality of the healthcare field in the US. So thank you!
This is an incredibly authentic and passionate take on the systemic, passive, blatant, etc. racism that BIPOC individuals face on a daily basis and how long our path to fixing that is. It reframes the need for reform as a duty of everyone in this country, not just those experiencing it firsthand. Empathy is a resource and a necessity and this book does a fantastic job of explaining why it is necessary in healthcare and just how little is paid to those who often need it the most.
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma