The Social Medicine Reader

by Henderson, Gail E.; Estroff, Sue E.; Churchill, Larry R.; King, Nancy M. P.; Oberlander, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780822335801
• ISBN10: 0822335808
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-31
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

Social and Cultural Contributions to Health, Difference, and Inequality is the second of three volumes in the second edition of The Social Medicine Reader, a provocative and engaging survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Social and Cultural Contributions to Health, Difference, and Inequality	p. 4
Defining and Experiencing Difference
Defining the Defective: Eugenics, Aesthetics, and Mass Culture in Early 20th-Century America	p. 29
Extra Chromosomes and Blue Tulips: Medico-familial Interpretations	p. 50
On Being a Cripple	p. 70
Tell Me, Tell Me	p. 82
Finch the Spastic Speaks	p. 89
Social Factors and Inequality
Introduction to Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues	p. 105
Unequal Treatment: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare	p. 123
Beyond Cultural Competence: Applying Humility to Clinical Settings	p. 133
Coming to Terms with Advanced Breast Cancer: Black Women's Narratives from Eastern North Carolina	p. 137
Women Get Sicker, but Men Die Quicker	p. 164
Hormones for Men: Is Male Menopause a Question of Medicine or of Marketing?	p. 191
The Five Sexes, Revisited	p. 202
Case Study: Culture Clash Involving Intersex	p. 211
The Meanings of "Race" in the New Genomics: Implications for Health Disparities Research	p. 218
White, European, Western, Caucasian, or What? Inappropriate Labeling in Research on Race, Ethnicity, and Health	p. 252
Racial Profiling in Medical Research	p. 263
I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor	p. 268
Social Relationships and Sickness
"Where Crowded Humanity Suffers and Sickens": The Banes Family and Their Neighborhood	p. 277
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