Embodied injustice : race, disability, and health
Title:
Embodied injustice : race, disability, and health
Author:
Crossley, Mary, author.
ISBN:
9781108830294
9781108820608
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Physical Description:
xi, 246 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Health disparities based on race and disability -- Biology's (in)significance -- Medical mistrust : its roots and some fruits -- Maligned mothers -- Medicaid preservation : a shared priority -- Beyond health care : social determinants -- COVID stories -- The busy, troubled intersection of blackness and disability -- Conclusion : the payoff for health justice.
Abstract:
"On June 11, 2020, Michael Hickson died of complications of COVID-19. The father of five was forty-six years old. He had contracted the infection the month before while in a nursing home and was transferred on June 2 to a hospital in Austin, Texas. A Black man, Michael Hickson had a career as an auto insurance claims estimator, a career cut short when he experienced sudden cardiac arrest at just forty-three years old. Complications left him with quadriplegia, blindness, and brain injuries. Although he had difficulty speaking and remembering things, Michael Hickson continued to participate in his family's life, joking with his children and talking with his wife about their lives"-- Provided by publisher
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