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Racism is a public health crisis and we can do something about it.

''A work of towering importance that will undoubtedly change science and save lives, but it will also change the way you see yourself and the people around you'' Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People

A ground-breaking investigation into how racism corrodes science and medicine leading to worse treatment for everyone.

What can you do when science and medicine are as biased as the society they treat? Black and Asian patients in the UK wait nearly a week longer for a cancer diagnosis and globally, people of colour are not only more likely to die while giving birth, they are also more likely to die while being born or soon afterwards.

In Systemic, science journalist Layal Liverpool unearths the shocking facts behind the health threat of racism, and when a scientific bias is this pronounced, it results in

Systemic

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Published 6 June 2024
      ISBN-13 9781526652171
      978-1526652171
      ISBN-10 152665217X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Racism is a public health crisis and we can do something about it.

      ''A work of towering importance that will undoubtedly change science and save lives, but it will also change the way you see yourself and the people around you'' Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People

      A ground-breaking investigation into how racism corrodes science and medicine leading to worse treatment for everyone.

      What can you do when science and medicine are as biased as the society they treat? Black and Asian patients in the UK wait nearly a week longer for a cancer diagnosis and globally, people of colour are not only more likely to die while giving birth, they are also more likely to die while being born or soon afterwards.

      In Systemic, science journalist Layal Liverpool unearths the shocking facts behind the health threat of racism, and when a scientific bias is this pronounced, it results in

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