Black Man in a White Coat (41 page)

 

About the Author

DAMON TWEEDY
is a graduate of Duke Medical School and Yale Law School. He is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and a staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Center. He has published articles about race and medicine in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
and the
Annals of Internal Medicine
. His columns and op-eds have appeared in
The New York Times
, the
Chicago Tribune
, the
Raleigh News & Observer,
and the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
. He lives outside Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, with his family. You can sign up for email updates
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Contents

T
ITLE
P
AGE

C
OPYRIGHT
N
OTICE

I
NTRODUCTION

P
ART
I:
D
ISPARITIES

1:
P
EOPLE
L
IKE
U
S

2:
B
ABY
M
AMAS

3:
C
HARITY
C
ARE

4:
I
NNER
-C
ITY
B
LUES

P
ART
II:
B
ARRIERS

5:
C
ONFRONTING
H
ATE

6:
W
HEN
D
OCTORS
D
ISCRIMINATE

7:
T
HE
C
OLOR
OF
HIV/AIDS

P
ART
III:
P
ERSEVERANCE

8:
M
ATCHING

9:
D
OING
THE
R
IGHT
T
HING

10:
B
EYOND
R
ACE

N
OTES

S
ELECTED
B
IBLIOGRAPHY

A
CKNOWLEDGMENTS

A
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR

C
OPYRIGHT

 

The names and identifying features of patients and their family members have been changed to preserve their confidentiality. I have also changed the names and identifying details of medical students, nurses, and doctors to protect their privacy, with the exception of those doctors whom I identify by their full name. Some dialogue has been reconstructed to the best of my recollection.

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Portions of this book were previously published in “A Case of Racism and Reconciliation,” by Damon S. Tweedy, M.D.,
Annals of Internal Medicine
156, no. 3 (2012): 246–47, and “A Perfect Match,” by Damon S. Tweedy, M.D.,
Journal of the American Medical Association
307, no. 7 (2012): 673. Copyright © 2012 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Other material in this book has appeared in different forms in the
Raleigh News and Observer
and the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
.

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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

ISBN 978-1-250-04463-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-04464-8 (e-book)

e-ISBN 9781250044648

First e-Edition: September 2015