| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (347 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Advances in medical sociology,
1057-6290 ;
v. 9
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Advances in medical sociology ; v. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This volume deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. The volume is divided into five sections. The first section includes an introductory look at the issue of health care inequalities and disparities and also an introduction to the volume. One of the backdrops to this topic in the United States was The National Healthcare Disparities Report and its focus on the ability of Americans to access health care and variation in the quality of care. Disparities related to socioeconomic status were included, as were disparities linked to race and ethnicity and the report also tried to explore the relationship between race/ethnicity and socioeconomic position, as explained in more detail in the first article in the book. The second article discusses a newer overall approach to issues related to health inequalities and health disparities. The remaining four sections of the book address more specific topics relating to inequalities and disparities. The second section examines racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities. The third section includes articles that address the issue from the perspective of research about health care providers and health care facilities. The last two sections of the book focus on consumers and topics of health care disparities, with Section 4 focused on issues related to substance abuse, mental health and related concerns. Section 5 includes articles looking at issues of vulnerable women, women with breast cancer and people with colorectal cancer. "Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health" is important reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers. It is a great resource for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers. It offers an in-depth look at bioethics, focusing on health inequalities and disparities. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introductory preface -- Part I: Placing Bioethics Historically -- Chapter 1. Whose Body (of Opinion) is it Anyway? Historicizing Tissue Ownership and Examining 'Public Opinion' in Bioethics -- Introduction -- From Waste to Contested Object: The Shifting Status of Human Material in the Twentieth Century -- The Development of Ownership Questions -- Ownership in Court and in the Press: WI-38 -- Into the 1980s: Representing Public Concern -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2. From Cruzan to Schiavo: How Bioethics Entered the ''Culture Wars'' -- A Tale of Two Patients -- Frames, Narratives, and Tropes -- Explaining the Contrasts -- The Legacies of Cruzan and Schiavo -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. The Changing Context of Neonatal Decision Making: Are the Consumerist and Disability Rights Movements Having an Effect? -- An Overview of the History of Decision Making -- Who Decides? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: The Sociology of a Working Bioethics: Private Narratives -- Chapter 4. ''What are we Really Doing Here?'' Journeys into Hospital Ethics Committees in Germany: Nurses' Participation and the(IR) Marginalization of Care -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background and Context -- 3. Caring and Nurses' Participation in Hospital Ethics Committees -- 4. Journeys into Hospital Ethics Committees in Germany: Nurses' Participation and Caring Concerns -- 5. Example A -- 6. Example B -- 7. Example C -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 5. Healthcare Ethics Committees Without Function? Locations and Forms of Ethical Speech in a 'Society of Presents' -- Two Commonplace Assumptions -- Practical Interdisciplinarity -- The Location of the Ethical Decision -- Ethical Speakers -- The Format of Ethical Speaking -- Consequences for Ethics or the Ruse of Ethical Reason -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6. Ethical Mindfulness: Narrative Analysis and Everyday Ethics in Health Care -- Narrative Ethics -- Story as Process -- Ethical Mindfulness -- Engaging with Narratives -- Hannah's Story -- Engaging with Hannah's Story: a Narrative Ethics Approach -- Hannah's Story: Naming Questions -- Hannah's Story: Sideways Looking Questions -- Hannah's Story: Forward-Looking Questions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7. Making the Autonomous Client: How Genetic Counselors Construct Autonomous Subjects -- Literature Review -- Principlism in Bioethics -- Methods -- Genetic Counselors and Nondirective Counseling -- Contracting -- Providing Information -- Giving Options -- Translating -- Reflecting -- Empathy and Support -- Autonomy within Genetic Counseling and Bioethics -- Conclusions: Autonomy and Relationship -- Note -- References -- Part III: Macrosociological Perspectives: Bioethics in the Policy Arena -- Chapter 8. '' ... But You Cannot Influence the Direction of Your Thinking̵. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bioethics.
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Bioethics. |
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Social medicine.
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Social medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rothman, Barbara Katz.
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Armstrong, Elizabeth M., 1967-
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Tiger, Rebecca.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bioethical issues, sociological perspectives. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2008 9780762314386 0762314389 (OCoLC)175284836 |
| ISBN |
9780080555089 (electronic book) |
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008055508X (electronic book) |
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9781849505017 (electronic book) |
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1849505012 (electronic book) |
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0762314389 (hardback) |
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9780762314386 (hardback) |
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