Navigating the Inequitable U.S. Healthcare System: In Search of Critical Care by

Description: Navigating the Inequitable U.S. Healthcare System by Kellina Craig-Henderson This book explores the existing inequities within the U.S. healthcare system and their impacts on individuals and in particular Black women, who seek life-saving healthcare. It deals with the social and economic costs of a healthcare system that fails to provide equitable care to everyone in need. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Navigating the Inequitable U.S. Healthcare System explores the existing inequities within the U.S. healthcare system, their impacts on individuals and in particular Black women, who seek life-saving healthcare.As a social scientist interested in examining the matter of health inequities, the author was particularly interested in documenting the impact of racial and ethnic inequities on the quest for critical health care in the context of a major health care crisis. More poignantly, as a healthcare consumer recently plunged into the marketplace for life-saving health care, the author systematically explored and documented the process of obtaining care as an African American woman against the backdrop of an emerging global pandemic. This book recounts some of these experiences by showing specific instances where the ogre of race intruded and influenced her access to life-saving care. She was particularly interested in documenting the process by which I was ultimately able to obtain care, and the way that I was treated within the medical establishment by its mostly well-intentioned physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel. Among other things, this book argues for increased formal and informal support structures within the healthcare system that are specifically focused on Black womens survival, wellbeing and quality of life. Author Biography Dr. Kellina M. Craig-Henderson is a former full time professor of psychology and a member of the Senior Executive Service for the federal government. Table of Contents Foreword; 1.The Crisis of Diagnosis; 2. Black Womens Healthcare; 3. Health Equity as a Perennial Pursuit; 4. The Subtlety of Skin Tone Bias and Racism in Access to Quality Care; 5. Bone Biopsy, Stem Cell Harvesting, and Prayer; 6. End Goal—Kidney Transplant; References; Index Review "This work provides personal and powerful insights into the U.S. healthcare system, its inequalities, and disparities from the perspective of an African American social scientist doctor who chose to journal her experiences as she pursued treatment for a life-threatening rare disease. Despite her higher socioeconomic status, insured status, and higher level of education, Dr. Craig-Henderson, as has been borne out in many instances, was not immune from these disparities. I hope that Dr. Craig-Hendersons pursuit of life-saving health care and her death will provide similar insights into and solutions to these systemic issues that plague the U.S. healthcare system and are borne out in her book." — Yvonne Noel, MD OB-GYN, located in Brooklyn, NY Promotional Explores the existing inequities within the U.S. healthcare system and the process of seeking and obtaining care for Black women. Details ISBN1839987677 Short Title Navigating the Inequitable U. S. Healthcare Syste Publisher Anthem Press Language English ISBN-10 1839987677 ISBN-13 9781839987670 Format Hardcover Subtitle In Search of Critical Care Imprint Anthem Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-12-31 Audience Professional & Vocational Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-06-04 UK Release Date 2024-06-04 DEWEY 362.10973 Pages 122 AU Release Date 2024-06-03 Author Kellina Craig-Henderson We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160033477;

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