Patient-Centered Clinical Care for African Americans by
1st edition - A guide outlining specific differences in communication, clinical therapies, medications, protocols, and other critical approaches to the care of African Americans. It will be of significant interest to all physicians, clinicians, and allied health personnel.
Blacks in Medicine by
1st edition - Explores the little-known history and present climate of Black people in the medical field. Illustrated across 10 expertly written chapters, this text features a longitudinal timeline with the presentation of evidence-based information drawn from historical, political, and clinical sources. The book begins with an analysis of diseases particularly prevalent in the Black community due to socioeconomic inequalities in available medical care. These diseases include sickle cell anemia, hypertension, heart failure, drug addiction, and HIV/AIDS. It is written for a broad range of physicians and health providers, as well as professionals in the social sciences and public health.
Invisible Visits: Black Middle-Class Women in the American Healthcare System by
Aanalyzes how middle-class Black women navigate the complexities of dealing with doctors in this environment. It challenges the idea that race and gender discrimination-particularly in healthcare settings-is a thing of the past, and questions the persistent myth that discrimination only affects poor racial minorities. Drawing from original research, the author shines a light on how women perceive the persistently negative stereotypes that follow them into the exam room.
Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations by
2nd edition - The book discusses the impact of genetics, social determinants of health, the environment, and lifestyle in the burden of cardiometabolic conditions in African American and Hispanic/Latinx populations. It includes fully updated and revised chapters on genetics and CVD risk, epidemiology of cardiovascular health, cardiovascular imaging, dyslipidemias and other emerging risk factors, obesity and metabolic syndrome, heart failure, and genetic variations in CVD. Unique aspects within African American and Hispanic/Latinx populations are explored with suggested appropriate therapeutic interventions.
Black Mental Health by
1st edition - The experiences of both black patients and the black mental health professionals who serve them are focused on the complexities of and opportunities for delivering mental health care to various subsets of the African American population, including children, women, elderly patients and LGBTQ individuals. System design strategies, biological therapies and church-based mental health promotion initiatives are all considered as methods for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in access to effective treatment.
Atlas of Black Skin by
1st edition - Written for residents and practicing dermatologists, this atlas strives to supplement a lack of real world experience by providing more than 800 hundred high quality photographs and illustrations help guide physicians in treating the nuances of darker skinned patient populations.
Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color by
2nd edition - Extensively illustrated with more than 900 full-color photos this edition provides comprehensive coverage of medical, surgical, and cosmetic treatment options, pediatric dermatology, differences between skin of color and Caucasian skin, differences between ethnic groups with skin of color, and important basic science information on the structure and function of skin of color.
