Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare : "To Count Among the Living" /

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Main Author: Vigen, Aana Marie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Black religion, womanist thought, social justice.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. When seriously ill, what contributes to a sense of being truly cared for and respected? This compelling book explores healthcare inequalities by listening closely to Black and Latina women with breast cancer. It puts their stories into conversation with current healthcare statistics, sharp theological imagination, healthcare providers, and social ethics. Vigen contends that ethicists, healthcare providers, and scholars arrive at an adequate understanding of human dignity and personhood only when they take seriously the experiences and needs of those most vulnerable due to systemic inequalities.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXIII, 272 pages)
ISBN:9781137112996
DOI:10.1007/978-1-137-11299-6