Race, gender and health

Description:

Health care constitutes the largest service industry in the United States, yet there are groups and subgroups that have been historically underserved. Race, Gender, and Health explores the influence of race and gender on the health status of a diverse group of nonwhite women in the United States. Exploring structural and cultural factors that affect women's health issues, the contributors provide a detailed examination of four different groups of women: African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander American, and Latinas. The final chapter considers the potential adverse effects of managed competition on the services provided to women of color and encourages the development of new paradigms that will improve the delivery of health services not only for women of color but for everyone. Race, Gender, and Health provides information crucial to students and professionals in the following fields: race, health care, gender, nursing and medicine, social work, sociology, anthropology, policy studies, public administration, caregiving, gerontology, and family studies.

subjects: Race Relations,  Sociological aspects,  Health and hygiene,  Health Status Indicators,  Medizinische Versorgung,  Conditions sociales,  Gesundheit,  Psychosoziale Situation,  Nationale Minderheit,  Gezondheid,  Vrouwen,  Medical care,  Women's Health,  Minority women,  Social Conditions,  Femmes,  Soins medicaux,  Gezondheidszorg,  Etnische minderheden,  Femmes issues des minorites,  Minority Groups,  Frau,  Soziale Situation,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Women,  Aspect sociologique,  Sante et hygiene,  United States,  Minorities, health and hygiene, united states,  Medical care, united states,  Women, united states, social conditions,  Women, health and hygiene,  Minorities, united states, social conditions,  Delivery of Health Care