On Race and Medicine - Insider Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor Richard Garcia, MD, a pediatrician, grew up in Stockton, California. His personal essays on race and medicine appear in academic, medical, and policy journals. He is the editor of On Race and Medicine: Insider Perspectives, a collection of interdisciplinary personal essays on health disparities. Klappentext Health disparities exist between races in America. This important collection of interdisciplinary personal essays considers what neither social science nor medicine, alone, can tell us about the unequal health outcomes of various racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Zusammenfassung Health disparities exist between races in America. This important collection of interdisciplinary personal essays considers what neither social science nor medicine! alone! can tell us about the unequal health outcomes of various racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Bebop - an IntroRichard GarciaPART I: Health Disparities1: No Accident Brian D. Smedley2: Explaining Disparities: Is it Genes or Environment? Troy DusterPART II: Personal Essay3: On Meeting Richard RodriguezRichard Garcia4: Geography of the Dead A. Perez5: The Patient in the RoomEnrique D. RigsbyPART III: Race and Medicine6: Saying and Doing White RacismJennifer L. Pierce7: Fred Sanford's People are from St. LouisRichard Garcia8: To What End, Diversity?Donna Elliott9: Noblesse ObligeJorge A. Girotti10: In France, OnceMyrtis SullivanPART IV: The Present11: The Nisei Veteran Played the Ukulele Sylvia Gates Carlisle12: The BusinessmanFrederick P. Beavers13: Good GuysTim Degner14: There is no Zeitgeist Richard Garcia15: Race and Medicine Richard Garcia

Product details

• Authors: Richard Garcia, Richard M D Garcia, Richard M. D. Garcia
• Assisted by: Richard Garcia (Editor), Richard M. D. Garcia (Editor), Garcia Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2015
• EAN: 9781442248359
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4835-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; USA, Ethnic Studies, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Health systems & services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Health systems and services, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General