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OverviewNavigating the Inequitable U.S. Healthcare System explores the existing inequities within the U.S. healthcare system, their impacts on individuals and in particular Black women, who seek life-saving healthcare. As a social scientist interested in examining the matter of health inequities, the author was particularly interested in documenting the impact of racial and ethnic inequities on the quest for critical health care in the context of a major health care crisis. More poignantly, as a healthcare consumer recently plunged into the marketplace for life-saving health care, the author systematically explored and documented the process of obtaining care as an African American woman against the backdrop of an emerging global pandemic. This book recounts some of these experiences by showing specific instances where the ogre of race intruded and influenced her access to life-saving care. She was particularly interested in documenting the process by which I was ultimately able to obtain care, and the way that I was treated within the medical establishment by its mostly well-intentioned physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel. Among other things, this book argues for increased formal and informal support structures within the healthcare system that are specifically focused on Black women's survival, wellbeing and quality of life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kellina M. Craig-HendersonPublisher: Anthem Press Imprint: Anthem Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781839987670ISBN 10: 1839987677 Pages: 122 Publication Date: 04 June 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsForeword; 1.The Crisis of Diagnosis; 2. Black Women’s Healthcare; 3. Health Equity as a Perennial Pursuit; 4. The Subtlety of Skin Tone Bias and Racism in Access to Quality Care; 5. Bone Biopsy, Stem Cell Harvesting, and Prayer; 6. End Goal—Kidney Transplant; References; IndexReviews“This work provides personal and powerful insights into the U.S. healthcare system, its inequalities, and disparities from the perspective of an African American social scientist doctor who chose to journal her experiences as she pursued treatment for a life-threatening rare disease. Despite her higher socioeconomic status, insured status, and higher level of education, Dr. Craig-Henderson, as has been borne out in many instances, was not immune from these disparities. I hope that Dr. Craig-Henderson’s pursuit of life-saving health care and her death will provide similar insights into and solutions to these systemic issues that plague the U.S. healthcare system and are borne out in her book.” — Yvonne Noel, MD OB-GYN, located in Brooklyn, NY Author InformationDr. Kellina M. Craig-Henderson is a former full time professor of psychology and a member of the Senior Executive Service for the federal government. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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