Chapter Five INFECTIOUS DISEASE STRIKES UNEVENLY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. INTRODUCTION Medicine Has Always Gotten Race Wrong 1
5. PART I Why
6. Chapter One RACIAL INJUSTICE CAUSES HEALTH INJUSTICE 17
7. Chapter Two DON’T BLAME IT ON PANDORA 38
8. Chapter Three THERE IS NO SLAVERY GENE 57
9. Chapter Four RACE AND THE MICROBIOME 66
10. PART II Harm
11. Chapter Five INFECTIOUS DISEASE STRIKES UNEVENLY 83
12. Chapter Six BAD BLOOD 101
13. Chapter Seven CANCER IS UNFAIR 113
14. Chapter Eight RACE AND EPIGENOMICS 127
15. Chapter Nine HOW ALGORITHMS CAN HURT 142
16. PART III How to Fix It
17. Chapter Ten PRECISION MEDICINE 163
18. Chapter Eleven DOING THE WORK TO CHANGE MEDICAL MINDS 179
19. CONCLUSION Building a World Where We Can All Live Well 197
20. NOTES 213
21. INDEX 247