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Author Crossley, Mary, author.

Title Embodied injustice : race, disability, and health / Mary Crossley
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages)
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
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2022)
Subject Hickson, Michael, 1974-2020.
Discrimination in medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States
Right to health -- United States
Health services accessibility -- Law and legislation -- United States
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States
Minorities -- Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States
African Americans -- Medical care -- United States
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States
LAW -- Health.
Right to health
African Americans -- Medical care.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation.
Discrimination in medical care -- Law and legislation.
Health services accessibility -- Law and legislation.
Minorities -- Medical care -- Law and legislation.
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
United States.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022008905
ISBN 9781108900928
1108900925