| Description |
1 online resource (v, 194 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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 research has focused on single factors that produce and perpetuate those disparities, such as individual health behaviors and access to medical care. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans, starting with an examination of how race has been historically constructed in the US and in the medical system and the resilience of racial ideologies and practices. Racial disparities in health reflect racial inequalities in living conditions, incarceration rates, family systems, and opportunities. These racial disparities often cut across social class boundaries and have gender-specific consequences. Bringing together data from existing quantitative and qualitative research with new archival and interview data, this book advances research in the fields of families, race-ethnicity, and medical sociology"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
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Discrimination in medical care. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Medical care -- United States.
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African Americans -- Medical care. |
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Minorities -- Medical care -- United States.
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Minorities -- Medical care. |
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Health services accessibility -- United States.
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Health services accessibility. |
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Health and race -- United States.
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United States. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Health and race. |
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MEDICAL -- Public Health. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hill, Shirley A. Inequality and African-American health. 1447322819 (OCoLC)945028657 |
| ISBN |
9781447322832 (electronic book) |
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1447322835 (electronic book) |
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9781447322856 |
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1447322851 |
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9781447322863 |
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144732286X |
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9781447322818 (hardcover) |
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1447322819 (hardcover) |
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9781447322825 (paperback) |
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1447322827 (paperback) |
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1447322843 |
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