tweedy, damon

Memoir of black American doctor Damon Tweedy about his experiences with racism and prejudice in the medical field. Tweedy writes about the scholarship he was given specifically to increase black enrollment in medical schools which was questioned by one of his professors, up to his experiences as a doctor dealing with the, he argues, prejudiced diagnosis that some diseases are "More common in blacks than in whites.".

"One doctor's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias, and the unique health problems of black Americans"--Publisher.