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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shim, Janet K., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Minorities > Medical care.
Health services accessibility.
Discrimination in medical care.
Healthcare Disparities.
Health Services Accessibility.
Health Status Disparities.
Heart Diseases.
Heart > Diseases > Political aspects.
Ressources Internet.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Politics of Disease Causation; 2. Disciplining Difference: A Selective Contemporary History of Cardiovascular Epidemiology; 3. The Contested Meanings and Intersections of Race; 4. An Apparent Consensus on Class; 5. The Dichotomy of Gender; 6. Individualizing "Difference" and the Production of Scientific Credibility; Conclusion; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author.

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