Health Colonialism
urban wastelands and hospital frontiers
$21.49
- Paperback
110 pages
- Release Date
3 July 2023
Summary
Health Colonialism: How American Hospitals Drive Disparities
The role of American hospital expansions in health disparities and medical apartheid
Health Colonialism considers how U.S. urban development policies contribute to the uneven and unjust distribution of health care in this country. Here, Shiloh Krupar investigates the racially inequitable effects of elite U.S. hospitals on their surrounding neighborhoods and their role in consolidating fron…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781517915421 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1517915422 |
| Series: | Forerunners: Ideas First |
| Author: | Shiloh Krupar |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Imprint: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 110 |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 113g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 6mm |
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Critics Review
“A testament to the consequences of making health a financialized vehicle for wealth accumulation.”–H-Net Reviews
“A compelling roadmap for future research into the empirical consequences of these policy decisions for the communities most affected.”–Isis
About The Author
Shiloh Krupar
Shiloh Krupar is a geographer and Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Culture and Politics Program at Georgetown University. She is author of Hot Spotter’s Report: Military Fables of Toxic Waste and coauthor of Deadly Biocultures: The Ethics of Life-Making (both from Minnesota). Krupar coedited A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado and codirected the National Toxic Land/Labor Conservation Service.
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