Which inequalities in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and nations are unfair? And what priority should health policy attach to narrowing them? These essays by philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians attempt to determine how health inequalities s…
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Provides examples of diseases and problems related to health that disproportionally impact the poor, and gives their experiences a human face through individual case studies. Walraven provides a specific case study of a health problem, such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV or he…
Provides examples of diseases and problems related to health that disproportionally impact the poor, and gives their experiences a human face through individual case studies. Walraven provides a specific case study of a health problem, such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV or he…
Throughout the "New South," relationships based on race, class, social status, gender, and citizenship are being upended by the recent influx of Latina/o residents. Doing Good examines these issues as they play out in the microcosm of a community health center in North Carolina …
Throughout the "New South," relationships based on race, class, social status, gender, and citizenship are being upended by the recent influx of Latina/o residents. Doing Good examines these issues as they play out in the microcosm of a community health center in North Carolina …
Throughout the “New South,” relationships based on race, class, social status, gender, and citizenship are being upended by an influx of Latina/o residents. This book examines these issues as they play out in the microcosm of a community health center in North Carolina that prev…
Global health security, focused on short-term response efforts, fails to consider the differential impacts of outbreaks on women. This book highlights the ways in which women are disadvantaged by global health security policy, through engagement with feminist international relat…
