Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine
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Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine
By (Author) Nadine Ehlers
Edited by Leslie R. Hinkson
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
17th July 2017
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
Social discrimination and social justice
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
362.10899607
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 38mm
Description
From race-based pharmaceutical prescriptions and marketing, to race-targeted medical "hot spotting" and the Affordable Care Act, to stem-cell trial recruitment discourse, Subprime Health is a timely examination of race-based medicine as it intersects with the concept of debt. The contributors to this volume propose that race-based medicine is i
Reviews
"Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine deftly bridges the space between these two words. Drawing on the rich knowledge of eight professors of sociology and cultural studies, this collection of essays perceptively examines the manifestation of race and racism in the American medical institution."British Journal of Sports Medicine
"Subprime Health documents how the race-based medicine reframes race as a biological phenomena that organizes medical knowledge and practice along racial lines, and in ways that are both historically situated and profoundly novel. Readers will leave informed of the history and practice of race-based medicine, and its significance to Black health and life in the United States."Antipode
"The authors provide unique insights into the delivery of care in the worlds best acute care system, revealing that ultimately, race does matter in the cost, access, and quality of care delivered in the US. The authors provide practical recommendations for professionals on how to treat each patient as an individual with unique medical conditions and health needs."CHOICE
"The focus on debt is the books most valuable contribution, holding significant potential for making sense of the uneven distributions of accountability that shape relations between selves and society across entrenched imbalances of power." Somatosphere
"This is a challenging piece that provides much needed attention to the multiple problems plaguing pharmacogenomics and its dalliance with the race concept." Social History of Medicine
Author Bio
Nadine Ehlers teaches in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Sydney. She is author of Racial Imperatives: Discipline, Performativity, and Struggles against Subjection.
Leslie R. Hinkson is assistant professor of sociology at Georgetown University.
