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Informationen zum Autor Gail E. Henderson, Sue E. Estroff, Larry R. Churchill, Nancy M. P. King, Jonathan Oberlander, and Ronald P. Strauss, eds. Klappentext A collection of readings--for medical students and students of public health-- that deal with social and cultural issues in medicine. Zusammenfassung A collection of readings - geared for medical students and students of public health - that deal with social and cultural issues in medicine Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Second Edition vii Introduction 1 Social and Cultural Contributions to Health, Difference, and Inequality / Sue Estroff and Gail E. Henderson 4 Part I. Defining and Exploring Difference Defining the Defective: Eugenics, Aesthetics, and Mass Culture in Early 20th-Century America / Martin S. Pernick 29 Extra Chromosomes and Blue Tulips: Medico-familial Interpretations / Rayna Rapp 50 On Being a Cripple / Nancy Mairs 70 Tell Me, Tell Me / Irving Kenneth Zola 82 Finch the Spastic Speaks / Gordon Weaver 89 Part II. Social Factors and Inequality Introduction to Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues / Paul Farmer 105 Unequal Treatment: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare / Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson 123 Beyond Cultural Competence: Applying Humility to Clinical Settings / Linda M. Hunt 133 Coming to Terms with Advanced Breast Cancer: Black Women's Narratives from Eastern North Carolina / Holly F. Mathews, Donald R. Lannin, and James P. Mitchell 137 Women Get Sicker, but Men Die Quicker / Judith Lorber 164 Hormones for Men: Is Male Menopause a Question of Medicine or of Marketing? / Jerome Groopman 191 The Five Sexes, Revisited / Anne Fausto-Sterling 202 Case Study: Culture Clash Involving Intersex / David Diamond, Sharon Sytsma, Alice Dreger, and Bruce Wilson 211 The Meanings of "Race" in the New Genomics: Implications for Health Disparities Research / Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Joanna Mountain, and Barbara Koenig 218 White, European, Western, Caucasian, or What? Inappropriate Labeling in Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Health / Raj Bhopal and Liam Donaldson 252 Racial Profiling in Medical Research / Robert S. Schwartz 263 I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor / Sally L. Satel 268 Part III. Social Relationships and Sickness "Where Crowded Humanity Suffers and Sickens": The Banes Family and Their Neighborhood / Laura K. Abraham 277 First-Person Account: Schizophrenia through a Sister's Eyes—The Burden of Invisible Baggage / Ami S. Brodoff 293 The Loneliness of the Long-Term Care Giver / Carol Levine 299 What Do Children Owe Elderly Parents? / Daniel Callahan 307 Index to Authors 321 About the Editors 322 ...
