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torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Classism, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, and Racism
Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia
danicapage's review against another edition
informative
4.0
Very informative and intriguing. I enjoyed the writing style and the depth of the issues the author covered. I've read a few books on medical racism, and I found this to be one of the more approachable and digestible. It covers a lot of topics succinctly, so more a mile wide and a few inches deep coverage here. The author definitely has a perspective she is trying to put forth, but I thought it was well supported. I love books that use stories and data to drive home their points, and I thought this one did both. I cannot speak more broadly to how experts have viewed this and can only speak to how a layperson perceived it.
mr_e_staley's review
5.0
This book is amazing. I have often found books that discuss the giant chasm of care difference in American healthcare to be much more aggressive and, albeit appropriately, difficult to read. This book broke down the problems in small enough portions to read and consume while simultaneously making me want to tear down the barriers and support the elimination of the ‘implicit bias’ or racism as it still lives in healthcare.
margardenlady's review
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Thoroughly researched and well supported claims of the effects of racism on the health of so many Americans. Many of the findings of this book were jarring and heartbreaking. Lots of stories of specific individuals were told alongside population statistics to support the anecdotes as representative. We need to be better!
sarahlopod's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0