Inequality and African-American Health : How Racial Disparities Create Sickness /

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Institutionalized racism adversely affects the health of African Americans, and it operates through multiple institutions, e.g., the medical system, the criminal justice system, and families. This book looks at the historic origins of the black health deficit and how it is perpetuated by health poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hill, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, IL, USA : Policy Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Minorities > Medical care.
Health services accessibility.
Health and race.
Discrimination in medical care.
African Americans > Medical care.
African Americans > Health and hygiene.
Racism.
Health Services Accessibility.
Delivery of Health Care.
Health Policy.
African Americans.
Health Status Disparities.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Minorities > Medical care > United States.
Discrimination in medical care > United States.
African Americans > Medical care > United States.
African Americans > Health and hygiene > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Theorizing social inequalities in health. Race, racism, and health outcomes
  • Sickness in slavery and freedom
  • Part Two Health and medicine. Health behaviors in social context
  • Medical care and health policy
  • Part Three Health and families. Economic decline and incarceration
  • Love, sexuality, and (non)marriage
  • Children's health
  • Conclusion.

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