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The Bias Diagnosis

By: Ivan Beckley, Emma Barnaby, Yero Timi-Biu, Anishka Sharma, Tej Adeleye
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Five patients, one treatment room, and a broken healthcare system.

Ivan Beckley is about to become a fully-qualified doctor in the UK. But he’s not convinced that healthcare works for everyone equally.

In this series he uncovers one of the biggest and most insidious injustices in modern medicine. Fixing it could save thousands of lives every year. And yet it’s invisible, unless it directly affects you.

Statistics show that black and people of colour have worse health outcomes, and die more often than white people, across many fields of medicine and variety of illnesses.

Ivan’s search for answers takes him to the roots of modern medicine. He busts myths, debunks stereotypes and calls out misinformation that have existed for centuries and remain sadly very much alive today.

A Whistledown production for Audible Originals.

©2021 Ivan Beckley (P)2021 Audible, Ltd. Black Creators Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Ep 1: Knowledge

    Ep 1: Knowledge
    Feb 9 2021

    Student doctor Ivan Beckley gathers evidence of structural bias in medicine; exploring the foundations of modern medical knowledge and the way doctors are trained.
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    1 hr
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  • Ep 2: Perception

    Ep 2: Perception
    Feb 9 2021

    Imagine telling someone you’re in pain. How do you know that they believe you? Why is some people’s pain perceived differently to others? And what does that mean for those with chronic and life-threatening illnesses?
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    58 mins
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  • Ep 3: Thought

    Ep 3: Thought
    Feb 9 2021

    Ivan steps into the world of mental health. How much the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness is actually shaped by physical appearance?

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    1 hr and 2 mins
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Black people are four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act - Ref: Detentions under the Mental Health Act - GOV.UK -
Ivan Beckley

About the presenter

Ivan Beckley is a final year student doctor at University College London medical school. Alongside his studies, Ivan is an NHS clinical entrepreneur as CEO of Suvera, a healthcare company enabling virtual care for people with long-term conditions in the UK. Whilst at medical school Ivan has worked with a number of health technology companies, including Google DeepMind, working on AI healthcare algorithms. As part of his work, DeepMind sponsored his MSc in health data science, which he completed in 2018.

As recognition of Ivan’s achievements in 2015, he was awarded one of the top 10 black students in the UK by Rare recruitment and No.3 on the list of Top 100 African and Caribbean graduates and undergraduates by Powerful Media. Fundamentally Ivan believes there is no problem too big to solve. He hopes to focus his career on demonstrating the potential for technology to create universal healthcare coverage for all of humanity.

The stories behind the statistics

Avery Smith
  • Avery Smith
Hear Avery talking about his wife Latoya in episode 1: Knowledge
Tobi Adebajo
  • Tobi Adebajo
Tobi talks about pain in episode 2
Colin King
  • Colin King
Colin shares his experiences in episode 3: Thought
Ernestine Ndzi
  • Ernestine Ndzi
Ernestine is one of the women we hear from in episode 4: Birth
Ola Ojewumi
  • Ola Ojewumi
Listen to Ola's story in episode 5: Breathe
  • Avery Smith
  • Hear Avery talking about his wife Latoya in episode 1: Knowledge
  • Tobi Adebajo
  • Tobi talks about pain in episode 2
  • Colin King
  • Colin shares his experiences in episode 3: Thought
  • Ernestine Ndzi
  • Ernestine is one of the women we hear from in episode 4: Birth
  • Ola Ojewumi
  • Listen to Ola's story in episode 5: Breathe

Find out why Ivan has recorded this podcast

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Background noise is irritating but the content was superb.

I have a better understanding as to why the black community has been hit harder by covid and continue to be cared less effectively for by practitioners.

I would love to listen to a more in depth evaluation on this topic.

Excellent content, important topic of discussion

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There is so much praise that I could give this Audiobook/Podcast. Some chapters were so intense and resonated so deeply that I couldn't listen without taking a break part way through, to allow my emotions to subside and my mind to reopen.
So illuminating! Every health professional should listen to this and question their own attitudes and biases.

A great piece of work by Ivan. A must listen for all parents, women of colour, men of colour and persons of colour, so that one can readily know some of the many obstacles that they may face in trying to receive the treatment that is so easily given to others. Manage your expectations and be prepared to fight for what you know in your head is an accurate situation at hand.

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I have spoken to so many friends about this eye opening podcast. Even though I am not in the medical realm I found this series so informative about how endemic racism is embedded into our societies today.
The most important points are that not only is this racism embedded in the Western world, but has cascaded into continents like Africa, as most science and medical training originates from western based research and it's bais.
I loved the way each podcast series introduces another aspect of medical bias that I had never even considered.
A great piece of informative journalism.

Absolutely brillant podcast series - eye opening!

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Loved the research and subjects. Great that ethnic difference is being addressed in contemporary medicine. Let's hope sufficient research material impacts to adjust the colonial medical and psychiatric literature to improve live s.

Excellent 👌

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This was truly shocking but presented in such a way that it inspires social change. I will be recommending this book to friends and my colleagues working in the NHS.

A must read for everyone!

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