Inequality and African-American Health: How Racial Disparities Create Sickness

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans. It shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system.

Author: Shirley A. Hill
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 10/01/2016
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781447322825
ISBN10: 1447322827
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Public Health
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Disease & Health Issues

About the Author
Shirley A. Hill teaches courses on the family, medical sociology, social inequality, and qualitative methods at the University of Kansas. She is the author, most recently, of Families: A Social Class Perspective.