This book explores the existing inequities within the U.S. healthcare system and their impacts on individuals and in particular Black women, who seek life-saving healthcare. Specifically, it documents the impact of racial and ethnic inequities on the quest for critical health care in the context of a major health care crisis. More poignantly, as a healthcare consumer recently plunged into the marketplace for life-saving health care, the author systematically explored and documented the process of obtaining care as an African American woman against the backdrop of an emerging global pandemic. This book recounts some of these experiences by showing specific instances where the ogre of race intruded and influenced her access to life-saving care. Among other things, this book argues for increased formal and informal support structures within the healthcare system that are specifically focused on Black women’s survival, well-being and quality of life.
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword; 1.The Crisis of Diagnosis; 2. Black Women’s Healthcare; 3. Health Equity as a Perennial Pursuit; 4. The Subtlety of Skin Tone Bias and Racism in Access to Quality Care; 5. Bone Biopsy, Stem Cell Harvesting, and Prayer; 6. End Goal—Kidney Transplant; References; Index
Over de auteur
Dr. Kellina M. Craig-Henderson is a former full time professor of psychology and a member of the Senior Executive Service for the federal government.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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