Edinburgh companion to the politics of American health /:

Examines the diverse, and often conflicted, political status of health in the United States from World War II to Covid-19Explores the histories, cultures, policies and technologies of American health and medicine as they have developed over a 75-year period. Brings together 45 experts from the US, C...

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Other Authors: Halliwell, Martin (Editor, Contributor), Jones, Sophie A. (Editor, Contributor), Armstrong, Melanie (Contributor), Bell, Jonathan (Contributor), Birn, Anne-Emanuelle (Contributor), Brown, Theodore M. (Contributor), Bumiller, Kristin (Contributor), Calvo, Rocío (Contributor), Cantor, David (Contributor), Chresfield, Michell (Contributor), Crane, Johanna T. (Contributor), Duncan, Cynthia M. (Contributor), Ferreira, Katelyn B. (Contributor), Figuereo, Victor (Contributor), Gill-Peterson, Jules (Contributor), Gordon, Colin (Contributor), Healy, David (Contributor), Highsmith, Andrew R. (Contributor), Hoffman, Beatrix (Contributor), Koci, Kristen (Contributor), Kruse Thomas, Karen (Contributor), Løchlann Jain, S. (Contributor), Markowitz, Gerald (Contributor), Mawdsley, Stephen E. (Contributor), McKay, Tara (Contributor), Menzel, Annie (Contributor), Metzl, Jonathan M. (Contributor), Moss, Margaret P. (Contributor), Murray, Tia (Contributor), Pembleton, Matthew R. (Contributor), Pettis, Philip J. (Contributor), Piemonte, Jennifer L. (Contributor), Pitchford-Hyde, Jenna (Contributor), Quadagno, Jill (Contributor), Rosner, David (Contributor), Sardell, Alice (Contributor), Segal, Judy Z. (Contributor), Thomson, Jennifer (Contributor), Ulrich-Schad, Jessica D. (Contributor), Waddan, Alex (Contributor), Wald, Priscilla (Contributor), Ward, Thomas J. (Contributor), Webber, Katrina T. (Contributor), Whooley, Owen (Contributor), Ziegler, Mary (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Examines the diverse, and often conflicted, political status of health in the United States from World War II to Covid-19Explores the histories, cultures, policies and technologies of American health and medicine as they have developed over a 75-year period. Brings together 45 experts from the US, Canada and the UK working across the fields of medicine, health policy, political and social history, political science, environmental studies, law, and cultural studies. Uses the lenses of class, poverty, race, gender, sexuality and locality to study the concepts, policies and lived realities of U.S. healthcare and medical treatment.
Physical Description:1 online resource (656 pages) : 20 black and white illustrations
ISBN:1474450989
9781474450980
9781474450997
1474450997

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