Medical Discrimination
& Stigma
Discrimination regarding medical issues and disparities within the medical system have created lasting challenges for patients and the medical profession.
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Books & Podcasts
Books
Medical Apartheid – Harriet Washington
Gender, Race, Class & Health: Intersectional Approaches
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Health Care Disparities & the LGBTQ Population
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
Ask Me About my Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain – Abby Norman
Not Tonight: Migraine & the Politics of Gender & Health – Joanne Leslie Kempner
Podcasts
- Natal
- Race & Medicine
- Why Women Get Overlooked in Healthcare
- Race, Violence & Medicine
- Stories of Women in Medicine
- Finding Me in Medicine
- Closing the Gap
Articles & Databases
Popular Reading & News
- The Minority Report that Disadvantaged Doctors
- COVID-19 Is Hitting Black & Poor Communities the Hardest
- The Lasting Fallout of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
- Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why
- Women Dying from Pregnancy and Childbirth is Still a Problem in the US, CDC Report Shows
- Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why
- Woman finally diagnosed with invisible illness Myasthenia Gravis after 6-year battle
- You Shouldn’t Accept Period Pain & Discomfort as Normal, Explains Expert
Academic
- Navigating Medical Culture & LGBTQ Identity
- Racial/Ethnic & Gender Disparities in Health Care Use & Access
- Gender disparities in metastatic colorectal cancer survival
- Perceived Discrimination & Reported Delay of Pharmacy Prescriptions & Medical Tests
- Racial Disparities in HIV Care & Treatment