Heart-Sick : The Politics of Risk, Inequality, and Heart Disease /

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Heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, affects people from all walks of life, yet who lives and who dies from heart disease still depends on race, class, and gender. While scientists and clinicians understand and treat heart disease more effectively than ever before, and ind...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shim, Janet K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2014]
Colección:Biopolitics ; 15
Temas:
Discrimination in medical care.
Health services accessibility.
Heart > Diseases > Political apects.
Heart > Diseases > Political aspects.
Minorities > Medical care.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Politics of Disease Causation
  • 2. Disciplining Difference
  • 3. The Contested Meanings and Intersections of Race
  • 4. An Apparent Consensus on Class
  • 5. The Dichotomy of Gender
  • 6. Individualizing "Difference" and the Production of Scientific Credibility
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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