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

"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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Race, racism, and health outcomes
  • 2. Sickness in slavery and freedom
  • 3. Health behaviors in social context
  • 4. Medical care and health policy
  • 5. Economic decline and incarceration
  • 6. Love, sexuality, and (non)marriage
  • 7. Children's health.