Raj Patel, author ofThe Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, & co-founder of theDo No Harm CoalitionRupa Maryato reveal the links between health & structural injustices–& to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies & our world.The Covid pandemic & the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge ininflammatory illnessessuch as gastrointestinal disorders & asthma. Mass uprisings around the world in response to systemic racism & violence. Rising numbers of climate refugees. Our bodies, societies, & planet areinflamed.Boldly original,Inflamedtakes us on a medical tour through the human body-our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, & nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, this groundbreaking work illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems & the profound injustices of our political & economic systems.Inflammationis connected to the food we eat, the air we breathe, & the diversity of the microbes living inside us, which regulate everything from our brain's development to our immune system's functioning. It's connected to the number oftraumatic eventswe experienced as children & to the traumas endured by our ancestors. It's connected not only to access to health care but to the very models of health that physicians practice.Raj Patel, the renowned political economist & author ofThe Value of Nothing, teams up with the physicianRupa Maryato offer a radical new cure:the deep medicine of decolonization.Decolonizingheals what has been divided, reestablishing our relationships with theEarth& one another.Combining the latest scientific research & scholarship on globalization with the stories ofMarya'swork with patients in marginalized communities, activist passion, & the wisdom ofIndigenousgroups, Inflamed points the way toward a deep medicine that has the…