Dismissed
Tackling the Biases That Undermine our Health Care

Dismissed had the potential to be a hard hitting book. Its author, Angela Marshall, a family doctor who has seen north of 50,000 patients, is hyper sensitive to people being dismissed by “professionals”, such as doctors, as they are, continually. Sadly, the dismissal parts of the book are far outwei......more

This book was in my goodie bag from an author's conference last year, and it's one of the most important I've read. Author Angela Marshall, MD, is a Black woman who grew up in poverty. Thus, despite being a physician, she herself lives with three of the biases that are most common in medicine. This bo......more

Great book with lots of insight on the current healthcare system and the bias that runs rampant. Since it’s a nonfiction written by a doctor, it was a little slow and repetitive at times but overall very great book with solutions to our problems.......more

The premise of this book got me excited! The book itself didn’t capture me. It was great info and a cool first hand perspective from a woman POC doctor, but I didn’t have any “wow” moments that made me feel like I learned something that changed my perspective drastically. All to say, good book, not......more

I received this book in a goodreads giveaway. I, like many others, are aware of many issues in our healthcare systems. Biases in this field are no big surprise. The author shares her heartbreaking story, and proceeds to give us the cold hard facts. It does read as a little dry once I got into the me......more