Invisible Visits: Black Middle-Class Women in the American Healthcare System

ISBN-13: 9780190840204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 160 str.

Tina K. Sacks

Recenzje

In the precise domain in which Black women-and everyone-should expect to be treated with care and concern, they are instead greeted with stereotypes and disregard. After reading Invisible Visits, we might wonder if all of the mental and emotional energy that Black women expend in going to the doctor is actually making them sick. The book is essential reading for health care professionals and educators, and anyone interested in inequalities by race, class, and gender.

O autorze

Tina K. Sacks, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies racial and gender inequities in healthcare settings, social determinants of health, and poverty and inequality. Professor Sacks' work has been published in Race and Social Problems, Health Affairs, and MSNBC News. Professor Sacks also collaborates with her husband, Carlos Javier Ortiz, a photographer and filmmaker, on documentary film projects about issues affecting Black and Latino communities in the US and abroad. Their films have appeared in the Tribeca, AFI, and LA International Film Festivals, among others. Their work has also been published in The New Yorker and The Atlantic.