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Library resource guide for the 2019 FSCJ Author Series

Welcome!

Welcome to our library resource guide for the 11th annual FSCJ Author Series Learning Community, featuring Damon Tweedy's memoir, Black Man in a White Coat. Use the tabs above to navigate the guide. You will find books, eBooks, eVideos, and articles, many from peer-reviewed journals, on the rich variety of topics covered by the book. This guide provides quick access to research materials related to Black Man in a White Coat, the featured book in the 2018-19 FSCJ Author Series Learning Community.    

 

The main theme of Black Man in a White Coat is the disparity of health outcomes between different populations, and you will find resources discussing this inconsistency at the top of each section of the LibGuide. There are several possible additional themes (such as disparities in educational and economic outcomes), and we've listed these in tabbed boxes below the main theme for your reference.

Damon Tweedy, M.D. and 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 staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Center. He has published articles about race and medicine in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 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.

Excerpt

Read an excerpt from Black Man in a White Coat at http://www.damontweedy.com/exceprt.html

Want to read more? Locate a copy of Black Man in a White Coat at your local LLC.

Reviews

You can find numerous reviews of Black Man in a White Coat online. For instance, you can read the most popular positive New York Times review for Black Man in a White Coat here

And

Read the most popular critical New York Times review for Black Man in a White Coat here

If you want a review you can use to study in more detail the themes and information the book covers chapter by chapter, you can click here 

Tweedy on CBS This Morning

Tweedy on PBS News Hour