Inequality and African-American health : how racial disparities create sickness /

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"This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system. Black-white disparities in health, illness, and mortality have been widely documented, but most researc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2016.
Temas:
Discrimination in medical care > United States.
African Americans > Medical care > United States.
Minorities > Medical care > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Health and race > United States.
Medical care.
Delivery of Health Care
Racism
Patient Care
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Noirs américains > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Minorités > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Accessibilité > États-Unis.
Santé et race > États-Unis.
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Medical care
African Americans > Medical care
Discrimination in medical care
Health and race
Health services accessibility
Minorities > Medical care
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system. Black-white disparities in health, illness, and mortality have been widely documented, but most research has focused on single factors that produce and perpetuate those disparities, such as individual health behaviors and access to medical care. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans, starting with an examination of how race has been historically constructed in the US and in the medical system and the resilience of racial ideologies and practices. Racial disparities in health reflect racial inequalities in living conditions, incarceration rates, family systems, and opportunities. These racial disparities often cut across social class boundaries and have gender-specific consequences. Bringing together data from existing quantitative and qualitative research with new archival and interview data, this book advances research in the fields of families, race-ethnicity, and medical sociology"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (v, 194 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781447322832
1447322835
9781447322849
1447322843
Acceso:Legal Deposit;

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