{"product_id":"book-jsor","title":"Black Man in a White Coat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Hearing Dr. Tweedy speak was less of a lecture and more of an open invitation to engage in a meaningful conversation with a passionate caregiver. Dr. Tweedy’s personal stories prompted a ton of reflection on compassion, mental health, patient-centered care, and our own identity-related biases. These insights are invaluable as we return to our clinical settings, better equipped to care with and for our patients.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e — Megan Walsh, Program Manager DEI, Case Western Reserve University, Medical School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK SELECTION \u003c\/b\u003e• \u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e BOOKLIST\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE BOOK SELECTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Damon Tweedy begins medical school, he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working-class background will become largely irrelevant. Instead, he finds that he has joined a new world where race is front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon meets a professor who bluntly questions whether he belongs in medical school, a moment that crystallizes the challenges he will face throughout his career. Making matters worse, in lecture after lecture the common refrain for numerous diseases resounds, \"More common in blacks than in whites.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Man in a White Coat \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the complex ways in which both black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. As Tweedy transforms from student to practicing physician, he discovers how often race influences his encounters with patients. Through their stories, he illustrates the complex social, cultural, and economic factors at the root of many health problems in the black community. These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people. In this powerful, moving, and deeply empathic book, Tweedy explores the challenges confronting black doctors, and the disproportionate health burdens faced by black patients, ultimately seeking a way forward to better treatment and more compassionate care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Picador.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49278190584112,"sku":"BDjsor","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/654798-jsor-Square.jpg?v=1732398048","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jsor","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}