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., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Colección:Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
Temas:
Heart > Diseases > Political aspects.
Discrimination in medical care.
Minorities > Medical care.
Health services accessibility.
Heart > Diseases.
Heart Diseases
Health Services Accessibility
Cœur > Maladies > Aspect politique.
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux.
Minorités > Soins médicaux.
Services de santé > Accessibilité.
Cœur > Maladies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Heart > Diseases
Discrimination in medical care
Health services accessibility
Minorities > Medical care
Gesundheitspolitik
Kardiovaskuläre Krankheit
Nationale Minderheit
Hjärtsjukdomar > politiska aspekter.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Politics of Disease Causation
  • Disciplining Difference : A Selective Contemporary History of Cardiovascular Epidemiology
  • The Contested Meanings and Intersections of Race
  • An Apparent Consensus on Class
  • The Dichotomy of Gender
  • Individualizing "Difference" and the Production of Scientific Credibility.

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