"This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity. It does so through the contextual lenses of nation states while presenting global themes on rights, colonialism and bioethics. The book is framed by the following propositions on indigenous healt…
"This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity. It does so through the contextual lenses of nation states while presenting global themes on rights, colonialism and bioethics. The book is framed by the following propositions on indigenous healt…
"This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity. It does so through the contextual lenses of nation states while presenting global themes on rights, colonialism and bioethics. The book is framed by the following propositions on indigenous healt…
"This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity. It does so through the contextual lenses of nation states while presenting global themes on rights, colonialism and bioethics. The book is framed by the following propositions on indigenous healt…
From Embodying Injustice to Embodying Equity: Embodied Truths and the Ecosocial Theory of Disease Distribution -- Embodying (In)justice and Embodied Truths: Using Ecosocial Theory to Analyze Population Health Data -- Challenges: Embodied Truths, Vision, and Advancing Health Just…
"Is it a mystery that people subjected to economic deprivation, discrimination, and hazardous working and living conditions, compounded by histories of enslavement and colonization, typically have worse health, worse health care, and die younger than people with economic, social…
"Is it a mystery that people subjected to economic deprivation, discrimination, and hazardous working and living conditions, compounded by histories of enslavement and colonization, typically have worse health, worse health care, and die younger than people with economic, social…
"At the time of writing, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19,1 has infected people in 212 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. As of May 17, 2020, 5,780 people have died in Canada, and worldwide, there are over 313,000 repo…
"A genre-bending memoir, a work of 'autotheory' offering fresh, fierce, and timely thinking about desire, identity, and the limitations and possibilities of love and language. At its center is a romance: the story of the author's relationship with the artist Harry Dodge. This st…
"When Misfortune Becomes Injustice surveys the progress and challenges in deploying human rights to advance health and social equality over recent decades, with a focus on women's health and rights. Yamin weaves together theory and firsthand experience in a compelling narrative …
"A groundbreaking approach to critical epidemiology for understanding the complexity of the health process and studying the social determination of health. A powerful critique of Cartesian health sciences, of the flaws of "functional health determinants" model, and of reductioni…
"A groundbreaking approach to critical epidemiology for understanding the complexity of the health process and studying the social determination of health. A powerful critique of Cartesian health sciences, of the flaws of "functional health determinants" model, and of reductioni…
How can we create a more rigorous and effective epidemiology? This volume invites readers to the next great paradigm in public health by promoting a progressive, transdisciplinary, intercultural, community-building approach - one that is radically divergent from the presiding ob…
"Now in its second edition, Rethinking Disability introduces new and experienced teachers to ethical framings of disability and strategies for effectively teaching and including students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Grounded in a disability studies frame…
"Dr. David Satcher is a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surgeon general, and a lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity. This is an inspiring and instructive look inside Satcher's career. The hard-won lessons of his experience will in…
"Dr. David Satcher is a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surgeon general, and a lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity. This is an inspiring and instructive look inside Satcher's career. The hard-won lessons of his experience will in…
"Dr. David Satcher is a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surgeon general, and a lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity. This is an inspiring and instructive look inside Satcher's career. The hard-won lessons of his experience will in…
Dr. David Satcher is one of the most widely known and well-regarded physicians of our time. A former four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Surgeon General of the United States, and the Director …
"Dr. David Satcher is a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surgeon general, and a lifelong leader for civil rights and health equity. This is an inspiring and instructive look inside Satcher's career. The hard-won lessons of his experience will in…