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1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Work, health care, and racial outsourcing -- "There was that one time ..." -- When "that one time" is all the time -- Sticky floors and social tensions -- It's not Grey's anatomy. |
| Summary |
"What happens to black health care professionals in the new economy, where work is insecure and resources are scarce? In Flatlining, Adia Harvey Wingfield exposes how organizations serving communities of color participate in "racial outsourcing," heavily relying on black doctors, nurses, technicians, and physician assistants to pick up the slack and perform "equity work"--Labor that varies by gender and helps organizations to be accessible to minority communities. Wingfield argues that as organizations become more focused on profit and less beholden to employees, they depend on black health care workers to do this work but offer fewer resources and while maintaining the expectation of high levels of service to the community. At the intersection of work, race, gender, and class, Wingfield makes plain the harrowing challenges that black employees must overcome and reveals the complicated issues of inequality in today's workplaces and communities"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans in medicine.
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African Americans in medicine. |
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Social medicine -- United States.
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Social medicine. |
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United States. |
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Equality -- United States.
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Equality. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. |
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Atlases. |
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MEDICAL -- Essays. |
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. |
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wingfield, Adia Harvey, 1977- Flatlining. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520300330 (DLC) 2018055945 |
| ISBN |
9780520971783 (electronic book) |
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0520971787 (electronic book) |
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9780520300330 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520300347 (pbk. ; alkaline paper) |
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