Embodied Injustice : Race, Disability, and Health
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108830293
ISBN-13
9781108830294
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 25th, 2022
Print length
250 Pages
Weight
520 grams
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23.50 x 15.70 x 2.00 cms
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Health justice is central to social justice. The Eugenics movement, involuntary medical experimentation, restrictive Medicaid reforms, and the COVID-19 pandemic reveal health inequities endured by Black Americans and disabled Americans as part of a common fabric. This book supplies a foundation for coordinated advocacy to advance health justice.
"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"--
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