Health disparities in the United States : social class, race, ethnicity, and the social determinants of health

Author/Creator:

Barr, Donald A., author

Publication/Creation:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

Third edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Health disparities in the United States : social class, race, ethnicity, and the social determinants of health / Donald A. Barr

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Health services accessibility--United States
Social medicine--United States
Minorities--Health and hygiene--United States
Equality--Health aspects--United States
Health--Social aspects--United States
Medical economics--United States
Health Status Disparities
Socioeconomic Factors
Healthcare Disparities--ethnology
Ethnicity
Prejudice--ethnology
United States

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the social roots of health disparities -- What is "health"? how should we define it? how should we measure it? -- The relationship between socioeconomic status and health, or, "they call it 'poor health' for a reason" -- Understanding how low social status leads to poor health -- Race, ethnicity, and health -- Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health : which is more important in affecting health status? -- Children's health disparities -- All things being equal, does race/ethnicity affect how physicians treat patients? -- Why does race/ethnicity affect the way physicians treat patients? -- When, if ever, is it appropriate to use a patient's race/ethnicity to guide medical decisions? -- What should we do to reduce health disparities?

Summary:

With extensive new data, Donald A. Barr illuminates the ways low socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity interact to create and perpetuate health disparities in the United States. This thoroughly updated edition focuses on a new challenge the United States last experienced more than half a century ago: successive years of declining life expectancy. Barr addresses the causes of this decline, including what are commonly referred to as "deaths of despair"--Opiate overdose or suicide. Exploring the growing role geography plays in health disparities, Barr asks why people living in rural areas suffer the greatest increases in these deaths. He also analyzes recent changes under the Affordable Care Act and considers the literature on how race and ethnicity affect the way health care providers evaluate and treat patients.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936928108002486

ISBN:

9781421432571
1421432579
9781421432588
1421432587

OCLC Number:

1077483174

Barcode:

010003139175
070000165149