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Damon Tweedy

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Damon Tweedy, MD is a professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine and staff physician at the Durham Veteran Affairs Health System. His first book, Black Man in a White Coat, was a New York Times Bestseller, selected by TIME magazine as one of the Top 10 Non-fiction books of that year. He has also published articles about race, medicine and mental health in medical journals and print publications including The New York Times and The Washington Post. His new book, Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine, will be published in April 2024.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 5,654 ratings · 670 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine 4.18 avg rating — 5,480 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine 4.26 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Could it be that despite all the years I spent in medical school and residency training acquiring specialized knowledge and practical skills, that this expertise mattered little to my patients' overall health?”
― Damon Tweedy, Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

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“By the late 1980s, blacks accounted for half of all HIV cases in women; most recent”
― Damon Tweedy, Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

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“You know at some point, we’ve got to stop blaming white folks for all of our problems,” Dr. Mason said. “We’re our own worst enemy.”
― Damon Tweedy, Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine

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