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Book Synopsis: Offers an innovative plan to eliminate inequalities in American health care and save the lives they endanger. Over 84,000 black and brown lives are needlessly lost each year due to health disparities: the unfair, unjust, and avoidable differences between the quality and quantity of health care provided to Americans who are members of racial and ethnic minorities and care provided to whites. Health disparities have remained stubbornly entrenched in the American health care system—and in Just Medicine Dayna Bowen Matthew finds that they principally arise from unconscious racial and ethnic biases held by physicians, institutional providers, and their patients.
Implicit bias is the single most important determinant of health and health care disparities. Because we have missed this fact, the money we spend on training providers to become culturally competent, expanding wellness education programs and community health centers, and even expanding access to health insurance will have only a modest effect on reducing health disparities. We will continue to utterly fail in the effort to eradicate health disparities unless we enact strong, evidence-based legal remedies that accurately address implicit and unintentional forms of discrimination, to replace the weak, tepid, and largely irrelevant legal remedies currently available.
Our continued failure to fashion an effective response that purges the effects of implicit bias from American health care, Matthew argues, is unjust and morally untenable. In this book, she unites medical, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology research on implicit bias and health disparities with her own expertise in civil rights and constitutional law. In a time when the health of the entire nation is at risk, it is essential to confront the issues keeping the health care system from providing equal treatment to all.
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Are you concerned about the racial inequalities in American health care? Don't miss out on "Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care." This groundbreaking book offers an innovative plan to eliminate health disparities and save lives. Over 84,000 black and brown lives are lost each year due to unfair differences in the quality and quantity of care provided. Dayna Bowen Matthew, in her research on implicit bias, reveals that unconscious racial and ethnic biases are the root cause of these disparities. By addressing this critical issue, we can finally bring about the necessary change in our health care system.
While efforts have been made to train providers in cultural competence and expand access to health insurance, these approaches only scratch the surface. The single most important determinant of health disparities is implicit bias, and unless we tackle this head-on, progress will be limited. That's why "Just Medicine" advocates for strong, evidence-based legal remedies that accurately address implicit and unintentional forms of discrimination. By doing so, we can replace the weak and ineffective legal remedies currently in place. Together, we can ensure equal and fair treatment for all, regardless of race or ethnicity.
Dayna Bowen Matthew, drawing from a wide range of disciplines including medical, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology research, as well as her expertise in civil rights and constitutional law, presents a powerful argument for change. In a time when the health of the entire nation is at risk, it is essential that we confront the issues holding our health care system back. "Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care" is a must-read for anyone passionate about creating a society where everyone receives the care they deserve.
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