March 26, 2022

Health is in the eye of the COLONISER

48 minutes

We discuss how eurocentrism influences healthcare systems around the world. We unpack the experiences of people of colour when seeking care, particularly that of the award winning, tennis champion, Serena Williams, after her daughter's birth. We highlight the regressive impact of Western knowledge being the standard and the necessary steps to decolonise Global Health.

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Today's case study: Serena William’s pulmonary embolism after giving birth to her daughter

Additional resources:

Hoffman, K. M., Trawalter, S., Axt, J. R. and Oliver, M. N. (2016) 'Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(16), pp. 4296-4301. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516047113

Louie, P. and Wilkes, R. (2018) 'Representations of race and skin tone in medical textbook imagery', Soc Sci Med, 202, pp. 38-42. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.023

Byrd, K. M., Wilson, D. C., Hoyler, S. S., & Peck, G. L. (2004). Advanced presentation of melanoma in African Americans.

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