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This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans, showing how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts. It brings together data from existing quantitative and qualitative research with new archival and interview data, advancing research in the fields of families, race-ethnicity, and medical sociology.

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The book's comprehensive coverage of racial disparities provides abundant information to help readers grasp an overall view of this issue, as well as premises for future research. A sufficiently broad, specific, timely, and balanced book on African American health issues for anyone. - CHOICE An interesting and timely book which expands our understanding of how systemic oppressions (racism, gender, and class) intersect with oppressed individuals healthcare attitudes, decisions, and behaviors. Johnny Eric Williams, Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut, USA An insightful historical investigation of the structural determinants of African American health inequities. Crucial reading for health scholars across all disciplines. Dawne Marie Mouzon, Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

An interesting and timely book which expands our understanding of how systemic oppressions (racism, gender, and class) intersect with oppressed individuals healthcare attitudes, decisions, and behaviors. Johnny Eric Williams, Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut, USA An insightful historical investigation of the structural determinants of African American health inequities. Crucial reading for health scholars across all disciplines. Dawne Marie Mouzon, Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Professor Shirley Hill teaches courses on the family, medical sociology, social inequality, and qualitative methods at the University of Kansas. Her research examines the implications of social inequalities, especially those based on social class, gender, and race.

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