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Dismissed : tackling the biases that undermine our health care / Angela Marshall, MD with Kathy Palokoff.

by Marshall, Angela, M.D., author.

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New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2023]

Discrimination in medical care -- United States.

Sex discrimination in medicine -- United States.

Minorities -- Medical care -- United States.

Sexual minorities -- Medical care -- United States.

9780806542041 (hardcover) :

0806542047 (hardcover)

vi, 298 pages ; 22 cm

Part 1: Vulnerable patients and doctors -- How dismissal can lead to death -- We're all vulnerable -- Why compassion, empathy, and respect matter -- The art and science of doctoring A prescription for doctors and patients Part 2: Too many are dismissed Our biased brain The threat from medical racism -- Dismissing women, gender identity, and sexual orientation -- The perils of ageism -- How we devalue people with disabilities Dealing the shame of obesity -- Part 3: Complex challenges to our health-care system -- Social determinants of health -- Science as an invasive health-care influence -- Technology as an invasive health-care influence -- Pharma and research as an invasive health-care influence -- Payment systems as an invasive health-care influence -- Part 4: A prescription to fix health care -- What we must do now -- Changing the future of health care in America -- Inclusion leads to life.

A primary care doctor examines the ways that such factors as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and income have a negative impact on medical outcomes and offers solutions for overcoming systemic medical bias.

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