Uncertain suffering : racial health care disparities and sickle cell disease

Uncertain suffering : racial health care disparities and sickle cell disease /

On average, black Americans are sicker and die earlier than white Americans. Uncertain Suffering provides a richly nuanced examination of what this fact means for health care in the United States through the lens of sickle cell anemia, a disease that primarily affects blacks. In a wide ranging analy...

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Main Author: Rouse, Carolyn Moxley, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009
Subjects:
Sickle cell anemia > Patients > United States.
Discrimination in medical care > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Minorities > Medical care > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
Social medicine > United States.
Sickle cell anemia.
Health services accessibility.
Prejudices.
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Healthcare Disparities
Health Services Accessibility
Minority Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Prejudice
United States
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