Embodied Injustice - Race, Disability, and Health

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Health Disparities Based on Race and Disability; 3. Biology's (In)significance; 4. Medical Mistrust: Its Roots and Some Fruits; 5. Maligned Mothers; 6. Medicaid Preservation: A Shared Priority; 7. Beyond Health Care: Social Determinants; 8. COVID Stories; 9. The Busy, Troubled Intersection of Blackness and Disability; 10. Conclusion: The Payoff for Health Justice; Index.

About the author

Mary Crossley is a Professor of Law and John E. Murray Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She is a member of the Pennsylvania State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and is widely published on health-related inequity.

Summary

Health justice is central to social justice. The Eugenics movement, involuntary medical experimentation, restrictive Medicaid reforms, and the COVID-19 pandemic reveal health inequities endured by Black Americans and disabled Americans as part of a common fabric. This book supplies a foundation for coordinated advocacy to advance health justice.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Crossley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781108830294
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83029-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Politics & government, Politics and government, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Medical & healthcare law, Constitution: government & the state, Medical and healthcare law, Constitution: government and the state