Decolonizing Medical Education, Research and Practice delves deeply into the complexities of transforming medicine by examining curricula, research, and clinical care. The book highlights how colonial legacies have shaped medical perspectives, resulting in persistent inequities and barriers to fair healthcare access. By critically analyzing the ways in which colonialism fostered false narratives about race and embedded systemic racism, the text underscores the urgent need to dismantle these longstanding biases. The first section offers a thorough critique of how Eurocentric traditions continue to influence medical education and practice, perpetuating discriminatory treatment and unequal outcomes.
The second part of the book shifts focus to solutions, featuring case studies and practical strategies for creating a more inclusive, culturally sensitive healthcare system. Written by leading global experts, it is a vital resource for medical students, postgraduates, clinicians, educators, researchers, and policymakers interested in meaningful change. The authors aim to inspire a new era in medicine that acknowledges past harms and works toward equitable healthcare for communities worldwide.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover Image - p. i 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xvii 7. About the editor - p. xxi 8. Preface - p. xxiii 9. Part I: Challenges - p. P1 10. Chapter 1 From slave ships to contemporary clinics: The US neo-slavery medical complex - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 Intersections between colonialism, medical racism, and race-based medical practice - p. 35 12. Chapter 3 Race, racism, and the US production and exportation of medical science - p. 59 13. Chapter 4 Colonial laboratories as imperial sites of knowledge production: The case of the Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Nigeria - p. 85 14. Chapter 5 When evidence misrepresents: Epistemic failures of evidence-based medicine and the BiDil controversy - p. 107 15. Part II: Solutions - p. P2 16. Chapter 6 Knowing the dead: Pedagogies of forensic humanitarian action in postcolonial contexts - p. 131 17. Chapter 7 Case study: Decolonizing the postgraduate biomedical sciences curriculum - p. 161 18. Chapter 8 Decolonizing the medical curriculum: A history, a process, and the fleshy remainder - p. 185 19. Chapter 9 Toward sustainable change: Embedding decolonial implementation science in medical training to reimagine our world - p. 203 20. Chapter 10 Integrating indigenous knowledge into the health sciences curriculum: A path toward decolonial healing and holistic care - p. 227 21. Chapter 11 Not asking for a seat, but building a new table: Case for a Global South–centered model in medicine - p. 249 22. Chapter 12 Toward inclusive medical education, research, and practice: Removing race from genetics - p. 289 23. Chapter 13 Shaping an inclusive health care ethics framework in the 21st century: Lessons from African bioethics and relational approaches - p. 313 24. Chapter 14 Reclaiming wholeness: Ayurveda, colonization, and the healing of medicine - p. 341 25. Chapter 15 Harnessing the health-promoting potential of indigenous foods: Enhancing public health and advancing environmental sustainability - p. 379 26. Part III: Future horizons - p. P3 27. Chapter 16 Conclusion - p. 423 28. Index - p. 427
Decolonizing Medical Education, Research and Practice delves deeply into the complexities of transforming medicine by examining curricula, research, and clinical care. The book highlights how colonial legacies have shaped medical perspectives, resulting in persistent inequities and barriers to fair healthcare access. By critically analyzing the ways in which colonialism fostered false narratives about race and embedded systemic racism, the text underscores the urgent need to dismantle these longstanding biases. The first section offers a thorough critique of how Eurocentric traditions continue to influence medical education and practice, perpetuating discriminatory treatment and unequal outcomes.
The second part of the book shifts focus to solutions, featuring case studies and practical strategies for creating a more inclusive, culturally sensitive healthcare system. Written by leading global experts, it is a vital resource for medical students, postgraduates, clinicians, educators, researchers, and policymakers interested in meaningful change. The authors aim to inspire a new era in medicine that acknowledges past harms and works toward equitable healthcare for communities worldwide.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover Image - p. i 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xvii 7. About the editor - p. xxi 8. Preface - p. xxiii 9. Part I: Challenges - p. P1 10. Chapter 1 From slave ships to contemporary clinics: The US neo-slavery medical complex - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 Intersections between colonialism, medical racism, and race-based medical practice - p. 35 12. Chapter 3 Race, racism, and the US production and exportation of medical science - p. 59 13. Chapter 4 Colonial laboratories as imperial sites of knowledge production: The case of the Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Nigeria - p. 85 14. Chapter 5 When evidence misrepresents: Epistemic failures of evidence-based medicine and the BiDil controversy - p. 107 15. Part II: Solutions - p. P2 16. Chapter 6 Knowing the dead: Pedagogies of forensic humanitarian action in postcolonial contexts - p. 131 17. Chapter 7 Case study: Decolonizing the postgraduate biomedical sciences curriculum - p. 161 18. Chapter 8 Decolonizing the medical curriculum: A history, a process, and the fleshy remainder - p. 185 19. Chapter 9 Toward sustainable change: Embedding decolonial implementation science in medical training to reimagine our world - p. 203 20. Chapter 10 Integrating indigenous knowledge into the health sciences curriculum: A path toward decolonial healing and holistic care - p. 227 21. Chapter 11 Not asking for a seat, but building a new table: Case for a Global South–centered model in medicine - p. 249 22. Chapter 12 Toward inclusive medical education, research, and practice: Removing race from genetics - p. 289 23. Chapter 13 Shaping an inclusive health care ethics framework in the 21st century: Lessons from African bioethics and relational approaches - p. 313 24. Chapter 14 Reclaiming wholeness: Ayurveda, colonization, and the healing of medicine - p. 341 25. Chapter 15 Harnessing the health-promoting potential of indigenous foods: Enhancing public health and advancing environmental sustainability - p. 379 26. Part III: Future horizons - p. P3 27. Chapter 16 Conclusion - p. 423 28. Index - p. 427
