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= Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy M.D. =

Plot Summary
The book is meant to be a personal memoir as well as a collection of other memoirs, public health studies, history books, journals, and other resources to ultimately support Damon Tweedy's goal to 'paint a fuller picture of the experiences of black patients, as well as that of the black doctors who navigate between the black community and the predominantly white medical world'

Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflection's on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy M.D. is divided into 3 parts in total. The first part is called Part I: Disparities, this part includes the beginning four chapters of the book:


 * Chapter 1, 'People Like Us'
 * Chapter 2, 'Baby Mamas'
 * Chapter 3, 'Charity Care'
 * Chapter 4, 'Inner-City Blues '

The second part of the book is called 'Part 2: Barriers' which includes the following 3 chapters:


 * Chapter 5, 'Confronting Hate'
 * Chapter 6, 'When Doctors Discriminate'
 * Chapter 7, 'The Color of HIV/AIDS '

The final part of the book is called 'Part III: Perseverance' which includes the following chapters:


 * Chapter 8, 'Matching'
 * Chapter 9, 'Doing the Right Thing'
 * Chapter 10, 'Beyond Race '

The first part was a collection of racial prejudices he took note of with a connection to the health of individuals of race or facing poverty. The second part of the book changed from this plot of health according to race to comparing the affect of race on the medical practice. The final part is about his experiences as an individual that had already graduated and was practicing psychiatry.

List of Notable Characters

 * Damon Tweedy, M.D.
 * Keith, patient of his near the end of the book.
 * His Hospital Supervisors
 * His Professors
 * Black Mothers

The Setting
The book follows a chronological order of events with a separation of subjects that depend on each part. Personal experiences that Damon Tweedy goes through, as well as different locations include the following:


 * 1) Duke University Medical School
 * 2) Urgent Care Clinic
 * 3) Emergency Department

Applicable Context
Damon Tweedy, M.D. in his book Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflection's on Race and Medicine repeatedly mentioned the commentary from those around him about how 'black can be bad for you health ' by this they referred to the elevated levels of obesity, high blood pressure, and obesity in the African American population and how this could potentially affect how physicians see African American individuals.