Seeing Patients: A Surgeon'S Story Of Race And Medical Bias
āA powerful and extraordinarily important book.ā
āJames P. Comer, MD
āA marvelous personal journey that illuminates what it means to care for people of all races, religions, and cultures. The story of this man becomes the aspiration of all those who seek to minister not only to the body but also to the soul.ā
āJerome Groopman, MD, author of How Doctors Think
Growing up in Jim Crowāera Tennessee and training and teaching in overwhelmingly white medical institutions, Gus White witnessed firsthand how prejudice works in the world of medicine. While race relations have changed dramatically since then, old ways of thinking die hard. In this blend of memoir and manifesto, Dr. White draws on his experience as a resident at Stanford Medical School, a combat surgeon in Vietnam, and head orthopedic surgeon at one of Harvardās top teaching hospitals to make sense of the unconscious bias that riddles medical care, and to explore how we can do better in a diverse twenty-first-century America.
āGus White is many thingsātrailblazing physician, gifted surgeon, and freedom fighter. Seeing Patients demonstrates to the world what many of us already knewāthat he is also a compelling storyteller. This powerful memoir weaves personal experience and scientific research to reveal how the enduring legacy of social inequality shapes Americaās medical field. For medical practitioners and patients alike, Dr. White offers both diagnosis and prescription.ā
āJonathan L. Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Harvard University
āA tour de forceāa compelling story about race, health, and conquering inequality in medical careā¦Dr. White has a uniquely perceptive lens with which to see and understand unconscious bias in health careā¦His journey is so absorbing that you will not be able to put this book down.ā
āCharles J. Ogletree, Jr., author of All Deliberate Speed