Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare
Subtitle: "To Count among the Living" (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781403973061
Subjects: Health systems & services; Medical Ethics; Women's Studies - General; Minority Studies - General; Medical; Gender Studies; Women's Health - General; Sexuality & Gender Studies; Social Science / Women's Studies; Health & Fitness; Women's health services; Ethics; African American women; Medical care; United States
Description: "When seriously ill, what contributes to a sense of being truly cared for and respected? This compelling book explores healthcare inequalities by listening closely to Black and Latina women with breast cancer. It puts their stories into conversation with current healthcare statistics, sharp theological imagination, healthcare providers, and social ethics. The paperback edition's Preface addresses U.S. healthcare realities post the 2010 Healthcare reform legislation. In all, Vigen contends that ethicists, healthcare providers, and scholars arrive at an adequate understanding of human dignity and personhood only when they take seriously the experiences and needs of those most vulnerable due to systemic inequalities."--Publisher's website.