Embodied Injustice : Race, Disability, and Health

Name: Embodied Injustice : Race, Disability, and Health
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Embodied InjusticeRace, Disability, and Health\nAuthor(s): Mary Crossley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108830294, 978-1108830294\nSynopsis\nBlack people and people with disabilities in the United States are distinctively disadvantaged in their encounters with the health care system. These groups also share harsh histories of medical experimentation, eugenic sterilizations, and health care discrimination. Yet the similarities in inequities experienced by Black people and disabled people and the harms endured by people who are both Black and disabled have been largely unexplored. To fill this gap, Embodied Injustice uses an interdisciplinary approach, weaving health research with social science, critical approaches, and personal stories to portray the devastating effects of health injustice in America. Author Mary Crossley takes stock of the sometimes-vexed relationship between racial justice .