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"Bridges radically and actively demonstrates the truth of her claims through outstanding ethnography and analysis. Eminently praiseworthy."--Robbie Davis-Floyd, author of "Birth as American Rite of Passage and lead editor for British Models That Work" 
"An important and timely contribution to recent scholarship on race in science, medicine, and public health. From the first page, I did not want to put the book down."--Lundy Braun, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Africana Studies, Brown University 
"There is no doubt that this is an important topic, and one the author is well-positioned to explore. Very, very powerful."--Cheryl Mattingly, author of "Healing Dramas and Clinical Plots"