Women, Ethics and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare

ISBN: 9781403973061

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版年: 2007-3

页数: 272

定价: $ 113.00

装帧: HRD

内容简介

When seriously ill, what contributes to a sense of being truly cared for and respected? This compelling book explores healthcare inequalities by listening closely to Black and Latina women with breast cancer. It puts their stories into conversation with current healthcare statistics, sharp theological imagination, healthcare providers, and social ethics. Vigen contends that ethicists, healthcare providers, and scholars arrive at an adequate understanding of human dignity and personhood only when they take seriously the experiences and needs of those most vulnerable due to systemic inequalities.