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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2016.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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